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Daniel James Caldwell v. Texas for the Protection of Jennifer Zimmerman
IFP petition · Court of Appeals of Texas, Third District, No. 03-22-00464-CV · judgment August 23, 2024
Questions presented
No. (CORRECTED) PETITION for WRIT OF CERTIORARI to the Texas 3rd Court of Appeals Daniel Janies Caldwell, Petitioner pro se, respectfully petitions for a writ of certiorari to review Texas Court of Appeals judgments, review having been denied by the Texas Supreme Court, upholding void orders by retired former judicial officers pretending, without oath nor affirmation, to be a judge of Williamson County Court at Law No. 4. QUESTIONS PRESENTED
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Whether a lifetime, nationwide restraining order permanently revoking Second Amendment rights without judicial findings of probable cause for a civil or criminal offense, and without exceptions for time, place, or military service, violates constitutional guarantees of due process, and of the right to bear arms.
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Whether such an order is void ab initio when signed by a retired former judge who, under Texas Constitution Article 16, Section 1, no longer legally held any state or judicial office.
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Whether mandamus and habeas corpus relief is warranted to vacate an unconstitutional restraint imposed without lawful authority or evidentiary basis.
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Whether Petitioner's Sixth and Fourteenth Amendment rights were violated by ineffective assistance of appointed counsel in a related proceeding arising from an arrest for possession of, not a firearm, but a bullet.
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Whether a lifetime designation as a vexatious litigant is void when imposed by another retired former judge who also lacked lawful authority under Texas Constitution Article 16, Section 1, upheld in a related appellate decision.
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Whether a lifetime prohibition on all contact with one's child, imposed without a showing of unfitness or evidentiary hearing, violates the First and Fourteenth 2 Petition for Cert, On Appeal from Texas 25-0223
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Daniel James Caldwell
For respondent
Carly Dessauer
Williamson County Attorney's Office
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 2 conferences
Proceedings
- Jan 12 2026Rehearing DENIED.
- Dec 10 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/9/2026.
- Nov 26 2025Petition for Rehearing filed.
- Nov 10 2025Petition DENIED.
- Oct 09 2025DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 11/7/2025.
- Sep 25 2025Waiver of right of respondent Texas for the Protection of Zimmerman to respond filed.
- Aug 11 2025Petition for a writ of certiorari and motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis filed. (Response due September 29, 2025)