Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-13 07:09:46.042711+00
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Motion to Reconsider Granted; Emergency Motion for Temporary Stay
Denied; Stay Lifted; Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and
Memorandum Opinion filed August 8, 2023.

                                  In The

                  Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                             NO. 14-23-00034-CV

    IN RE EDWARD ALEXANDER; ADAM P. JOHNSON; WAYNE
  THOMPSON, JR.; JUDGE LILYNN CUTRER; AND KAREN AUCOIN
         INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-TRUSTEES, Relators

                       ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                         WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                           Probate Court No. 4
                           Harris County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause No. 365-053-404

                      MEMORANDUM OPINION

     On January 19, 2023, relators Edward Alexander; Adam P. Johnson; Wayne
Thompson, Jr.; Judge Lilynn Cutrer; and Karen Aucoin Individually and as Co-
Trustees 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. Relators ask this court to issue a writ
of mandamus directing the Honorable James Horowitz, Judge of the Probate Court
No. 4, in Harris County, Texas, to set aside the settings of (1) a January 27, 2023
status conference; and (2) a February 6, 2023 hearing by submission on real party
in interest Preston Marshall’s motion for summary judgment entered in trial court
number 365-053-404, styled Preston Marshall v. Elaine T. Marshall, et al.

      Relators also filed an emergency motion for temporary stay of proceedings
below, which the court granted on January 26, 2023.

      On March 28, 2023, the Louisiana Supreme Court denied relators’ writ
applications. Thereafter, on April 13, 2023, real party in interest Preston Marshall
filed a motion for reconsideration of this court’s January 26, 2023 order granting
relators’ emergency motion for temporary stay. After consideration of the motion,
relators’ response, and reply of the real party in interest, we grant the motion for
reconsideration of relators’ emergency motion for temporary stay.               On
reconsideration, we deny relators’ emergency motion for temporary stay, and lift
our January 26, 2023 stay order.

      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 Justices Wise, Jewell, and Poissant.

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