Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-06-05 15:11:13.215027+00
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Opinion issued June 1, 2023

                                    In The

                              Court of Appeals
                                   For The

                         First District of Texas
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                              NO. 01-23-00340-CV
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  IN RE WAL-MART STORES TEXAS, LLC AND TERRY RAY BAKER,
                         Relators

           Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On May 9, 2023, Relators Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC And Terry Ray Baker

(“Relators”) filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus asking this Court to compel

Respondent, the Honorable Ursula A. Hall (“Respondent”), to rule on their Motion

to Compel the Independent Medical Exam of Plaintiff Tomlee Thomas, originally
set for submission on September 2, 2019.1 The following week, on May 16, 2023,

Relators filed a Motion to Dismiss their Petition for Writ of Mandamus for

Mootness, noting that after they filed their Petition for Writ of Mandamus,

Respondent ruled on their underlying Motion to Compel.

      We grant Relators’ Motion to Dismiss and dismiss their Petition for Writ of

Mandamus as moot. All other pending motions are denied as moot.

                                 PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Goodman, Landau, and Rivas-Molloy.

1
      The underlying case is Tomlee Thomas v. Terry Ray Baker, Betty Lee Kemp, and
      Wal-Mart Stores Texas, LLC, Cause No. 2018-55025, pending in the 165th District
      Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Ursula A. Hall presiding.

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