Court Opinion

ID: 9355466
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-01-13 06:19:13.123185+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:15:26.174336
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In The

                                Court of Appeals

                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                               NO. 09-23-00011-CV
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       IN RE CITY OF BEAUMONT, KENNETH R. WILLIAMS,
         IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS CITY MANAGER,
   AND EARL WHITE, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS FIRE CHIEF

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                           Original Proceeding
             136th District Court of Jefferson County, Texas
                        Trial Cause No. D-210950
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                                     ORDER

      The City of Beaumont, Kenneth R. Williams, in his official capacity as City

Manager, and Earl White, in his official capacity as Fire Chief, Relators, filed a

petition for a writ of mandamus. See Tex. R. App. P. 52. Relators are defendants in

Trial Cause Number D-210950, International Association of Firefighters Local 399

v. The City of Beaumont, Kenneth R. Williams, in his official capacity as City

Manager, and Earl White, in his official capacity as Fire Chief. Relators seek a writ

compelling the Honorable Baylor Wortham, Judge of the 136th District Court of

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Jefferson County, Texas, to dissolve a temporary restraining order, and prohibit the

trial court from taking any action in Trial Cause Number D-210950 that would

effectively enforce the judgment in Trial Cause Number B-210244, a judgment that

Relators have appealed in Appeal Number 09-22-00413-CV. See Tex. Gov’t Code

Ann. § 22.221.

      Relators’ mandamus petition seeks mandamus relief and asks for emergency

relief from a temporary injunction hearing which is set for January 13, 2023. The

Court finds temporary relief is necessary to avoid undue prejudice and to protect the

Court’s jurisdiction. It is ORDERED that all further proceedings in Trial Cause

Number D-210950, including any hearing on a temporary restraining order or

temporary injunction, are STAYED until our opinion issues in this original

proceeding or until further order of this Court. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.10(b). No

bond is required of Relators as a condition to any relief herein granted.

      The response of the Real Party in Interest, International Association of

Firefighters Local 399, is due January 23, 2023.

      TEMPORARY RELIEF GRANTED.

      ORDER ENTERED January 12, 2023.

                                                           PER CURIAM

Before Golemon, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.

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