Court Opinion

ID: 9918524
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Date Created: 2024-01-14 08:12:51.847146+00
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed
January 9, 2024.

                                    In The

                   Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                              NO. 14-23-00901-CV

IN RE HOTSHOT ANNA, LLC AND BASHAR MOHAMMAD ALOTAIBI,
                         Relators

                        ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                          WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                             61st District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2023-30507

                       MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On November 29, 2023, relators Hotshot Anna, LLC and Bashar
Mohammad Alotaibi 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, relators
ask this Court to compel the Honorable Fredericka Phillips, presiding judge of the
61st District Court of Harris County, to vacate the trial court’s September 18, 2023
order denying relators’ motion to compel plaintiff’s independent medical
examination, and the trial court’s October 16, 2023 order denying relators’ motion
to reconsider order denying motion to compel physical examination.

      In the mandamus record before this Court, relators have included a
November 3, 2023 affidavit by Dr. Mark W. Maffet, M.D., attesting that additional
information about the existence, nature and extent of plaintiff’s injuries could be
discovered upon physical examination. This affidavit was not before the trial court
prior to the trial court denying relators’ motion to compel an independent medical
examination and denying relators’ motion to reconsider.

      Relators have not established that they are entitled to mandamus relief.
Accordingly, we deny relators’ petition for writ of mandamus.

                                  PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Wise and Jewell.

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