See T EX . R. A PP . P
. 52. 8( d) ( “ W hen deny i ng r el i ef , t he cour t m ay han d do w n an opi ni on b ut 1 i s n o t r e q u i re d to d o s o .”) ; T EX . R. A PP . P . 4 7 .4 (d i s ti n g u i s h i n g o p i n i o n s a n d m e m o ra n d u m o p i n i o n s ). 

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## COURT OF A PP EA LS T H I R T E E N T H D I S T R I C T O F T E X AS CORPUS CHRI ST I - E DI NBURG

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ IN RE LUCINDA

SA NDOVA L, M A GI C VA LLEY BEA UTY COLLEGE, INC. D/B /A U NIVE RSITY OF C OSM ET OLO GY A RT S &SC IENC ES (UCAS), A ND SA N A NTONIO BEA UTY COLLEGE, INC.

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ On Petit ion fo r Writ of M an da mus .

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ 

### MEM ORA NDU M OPI NI ON Be fo re C hie f J us tice Vald ez an d Ju stice s B en av ide s a nd Ve la

M emo rand um Opin ion Pe r Cu riam 1 Rel ators, Luci nda Sa ndov al, M ag icVall ey Beauty Coll eg e, Inc. d/b/a Uni v ersi ty of Cos tmetol og y

Ar ts & Sc ien ces ( UC AS) , and San Antoni o Beauty Col leg e, fil ed a peti ti on for w ri t of mandamus in the abov e caus e on Ma y 10, 2010, seek ing to v acat e orders o f the tr ial co urt req uir ing them to produce their indi v idu al and cor por ate federal tax retur ns and2

thei r financi al sta tements . The Co urt req uest ed a respons e to the p eti ti on for w ri t of ma nda mu s f rom th e re a l party in interest , First N ation al Ban k, and stayed the d iscovery orders a t i ss ue. Subs eq uentl y , t he Cou rt g ra nted in par t and deni ed i n par

t “ Fi rs t N ati onal Bank ’s M oti on for Rec onsi derati on and/ or C lar ific ati on” of thi s C our t’ s orde r g ra nti ng the sta y . The Co urt al so deni ed rel ators’ “Emerg ency M oti on to Sta y

Li ti g ati on and Di sc ov er y ,” w hic h s oug ht t o s tay

the depos it ion of Luci nda Sa ndov al, to be hel d on M ay 17, 2010, and a d isc o very hear ing to be hel d on Ma y 18, 2010. Bec ause the mand amus record w as unc lear, an d be cause the pa rties’ position s regarding the conte sted discovery w ere inc o n s i s t e n t , t h e C o u rt d i r e c t e d r e l a t o rs t o s u p p l e me n t t h e ma n d a mu s r e c o rd w i t h the re por ter ’s record of the May 18 h ear ing and any

su ppl emental or

amended ru li ng s t o be is sued by

the tr ial co urt. First Nation al Ban k has no w f iled its respon se to th e pe tition for w rit of man dam us, and rela tors hav e filed the suppl emental mandamus re cord as re q uest ed. Acc ordin g to the suppl emental rec ord, t he tr ial co urt has i ss ued an amended order el imi nati ng the re q uirement t hat rela tors p ro duce th e ir tax r etur ns, thus nar ro w ing the sc ope of the dis cov er y order ed to be p ro duced herein
. T he Cou rt, having examine d an d f ully conside red the petitio n for w rit of man dam us, the respon se thereto, and t he s uppl emental r ecord, i s o f the opi nio n tha t rela tors h av e not show n themsel v es enti tl ed to the re li ef soug ht. S e e P e e p le s v. Ho n o ra b le Fo u rt

h S u p re me Judici al Di st. , 701 S.W .2d 635, 637 (Tex . 1985) ( or ig . proceed ing ); In r e Patel , 218 S.W .3d 911, 916 ( Tex . Ap p.–C or pus Chr is ti 2007, or ig . proceed ing ); El Centro de l Barrio, Inc. v. Bar low , 894 S
. W
. 2 d 77 5, 77 9 (Te x . App .--San An ton io 199 4, orig. proceed ing). Acc ordin g ly , t he s tay

prev iou sl y

i mposed by

thi s C our

t i s L IF TED. See T EX . R. A PP . P. 52. 10(b ) (“Unless v acat ed o r mod if ied, a n orde r g rantin g tem pora ry relief is eff ective until3

the c ase is final ly

dec ide d.” ). The pe ti ti on for w ri t of mandam u s is D EN IED
. See i d. 52. 8(a). P E RC U R I A M
Del iv er ed and filed the 15th day of June, 2010.