Court Opinion

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Opinion issued March 14, 2023

                                        In The

                                Court of Appeals
                                       For The

                           First District of Texas
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                                NO. 01-22-00658-CV
                             ———————————
                     IN RE WENDY HERNANDEZ, Relator

             Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Relator, Wendy Hernandez, filed a petition for a writ of mandamus,

challenging the trial court’s August 26, 2022 “Temporary Order.”1 In her petition,

Hernandez argued that the trial court erred in entering the order because: (1) the trial

court lacked jurisdiction “to issue an order of immediate possession of real property”

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      The underlying case is Diana Castano v. Manuel Reyes, Cause Number
      21-DCV-288227, in the 328th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas, the
      Honorable Monica Rawlins presiding.
and (2) the trial court’s August 26, 2022 Temporary Order is a temporary injunction

that is “void on its face,” as it “fails to provide for provisions for the posting of a

bond.”

      The August 26, 2022 Temporary Order was signed by the Honorable Walter

Armatys. Judge Armatys ceased to hold the office of judge of the 328th District

Court of Fort Bend County and was succeeded by the Honorable Monica Rawlins.

Accordingly, on February 2, 2023, the Court entered an order substituting Judge

Rawlins as the respondent in this original proceeding. See TEX. R. APP. P. 7.2(a).

The Court further abated this original proceeding for petition for writ of mandamus

to allow Judge Rawlins an opportunity to reconsider the ruling made the basis of

Hernandez’s mandamus petition. See TEX. R. APP. P. 7.2(b) (“If the case is an

original proceeding under [Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure] 52, the court must

abate the proceeding to allow the successor to reconsider the original party’s

decision.”).

      On February 28, 2023, Hernandez filed a “Notice of Trial Court’s Rendition

and Request to Supplement Court’s Record.” In her notice, Hernandez stated that

the trial court held a hearing to allow Judge Rawlins an opportunity to reconsider the

August 26, 2022 Temporary Order, and on February 28, 2023, the trial court entered

a rendition “setting aside the Temporary Order[] signed on August 26, 202[2].”

Hernandez further stated that she “believe[d] this . . . ma[de] her [p]etition for [writ

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of] [m]andamus moot as the order [challenged] ha[d] been set aside,” and that she

“ha[d] no objection to her [p]etition for [writ of] [m]andamus being dismissed as

[m]oot.”

      We construe Hernandez’s notice as a motion to dismiss her petition for writ

of mandamus. Hernandez’s motion does not include a certificate of conference, but

more than ten days have passed since her motion was filed, and no party has opposed

the relief requested in the motion. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.3(a)(2).

      Accordingly, we reinstate the original proceeding for petition of writ of

mandamus and grant Hernandez’s motion and dismiss the petition. We dismiss any

other pending motions as moot.

                                  PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Hightower, Rivas-Molloy, and Farris.

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