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Date Created: 2023-01-16 00:11:05.301719+00
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Abatement Order filed January 12, 2023.

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                NO. 14-22-00930-CV

                        IN RE EIDAN KAZAZ, Relator

                         ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                           WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                              245th District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 2021-67474

                            ABATEMENT ORDER

      On December 21, 2022, relator Eidan Kazaz filed a petition for writ of
mandamus in this Court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R.
App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this Court to compel the Honorable Tristan
Longino, presiding judge of the 245th District Court of Harris County, to vacate
the trial court’s “order of October 5, 2022, and to rehear the matter; to vacate all
portions of the Order relating to the BIPP [Batterers Intervention and Prevention
Program]; or to vacate the condition that the BIPP be completed prior to
consideration of unsupervised access.”

      Because Judge Longino ceased to hold the office of Judge of the 245th
District Court, Harris County, Texas, we are required to abate this mandamus
proceeding to permit the respondent’s successor, the Honorable Angela M.
Lancelin, to consider the decision regarding relator’s request for relief. See Tex. R.
App. P. 7.2(b); see also In re Baylor Med. Ctr. at Garland, 280 S.W.3d 227, 228
(Tex. 2008) (orig. proceeding) (“Mandamus will not issue against a new judge for
what a former one did.”).

      Therefore, we abate this proceeding, treat it as a closed case, and remove it
from the court’s active docket. This original proceeding is abated until February
13, 2023 to permit Judge Lancelin to consider the order underlying relator’s
request for relief. On or before that date, Judge Lancelin shall advise this Court of
the action taken on relator’s request by filing a signed order reflecting her ruling
concerning relator’s request for relief with this court.      This Court will then
consider a motion to reinstate or dismiss the original proceeding, as appropriate.

      If relator seeks reinstatement, relator is ordered to file an amended petition
for writ of mandamus, appendix, and mandamus record in compliance with the
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. Relator’s petition fails to include the required
Rule 52(j) certification.   See Tex. R. App. P. 52.3(j). Additionally, relator’s
appendix and the reporter’s record filed are not properly authenticated. See Tex.
R. App. P. 52.3(k); 52.7(a)(2).     Moreover, relator’s petition, appendix to the
petition, and reporter’s record contain unredacted sensitive information of relator’s
minor children. See Tex. R. App. P. 9.9(a)(3). Parties are required to redact all
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sensitive information in documents filed in this court unless the inclusion of the
sensitive data is specifically required by a statute, court rule, or administrative
regulation.   Tex. R. App. P. 9.9(b).         There is no statute, court rule, or
administrative regulation requiring the inclusion of sensitive data. By this order,
the Court gives relators notice that the petition will be dismissed unless relator, at
the time he seeks reinstatement, files an amended petition to addresses the
certification and record issues identified above.

                                       PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Bourliot and Wilson.

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