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NUMBER 13-15-00537-CV

                 COURT OF APPEALS
            THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
             CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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HARI PRASAD KALAKONDA,                              Appellant,

                             v.

SUSSER PETROLEUM OPERATING COMPANY, LLC,            Appellee.
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          On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 3
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                   NUMBER 13-15-00538-CV

                 COURT OF APPEALS
            THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
             CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
____________________________________________________________

               IN RE HARI PRASAD KALAKONDA
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               On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
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                          ORDER
    Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Perkes
                           Order Per Curiam

       The underlying cause is before this Court on appeal and original proceeding. In

our cause number 13-15-00537-CV, appellant Hari Prasad Kalakonda, proceeding pro

se, appeals an order of the trial court denying arbitration for the claims between

Kalakonda and appellee, Susser Petroleum Operating Company, LLC. In our cause

number 13-15-00538-CV, Kalakonda has filed a petition for writ of mandamus seeking

to compel the trial court to require arbitration with Susser.

       In the appeal, Kalakonda has filed a “Motion for Emergency Relief or in the

Alternative to Expedite Appeal.” Through this motion, Kalakonda seeks to stay the

November 17, 2015 trial of the underlying matter pending resolution of the appeal.

Alternatively, Kalakonda seeks an accelerated resolution of the appeal and requests

relief on the merits. In the original proceeding, Kalakonda similarly seeks to stay the

November 17, 2015 trial pending resolution of the merits of the petition for writ of

mandamus.

      The Court, having examined and fully considered Kalakonda’s request for

emergency relief in the appeal and original proceeding, is of the opinion that said request

should be granted in these causes. Kalakonda’s motion for emergency relief is hereby

GRANTED, and the trial court proceedings, including trial scheduled for November 17,

2015, are ordered STAYED pending further order of this Court, or until the cases are

finally decided.   See TEX. R. APP. P. 29.3, 52.10(b).          All other relief sought by

Kalakonda’s motion for emergency relief is denied at this time.

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       The Court requests that the real party in interest, Susser Petroleum Operating

Company, LLC, or any others whose interest would be directly affected by the relief

sought, file a response to the petition for writ of mandamus on or before the expiration of

ten days from the date of this order. See id. R. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.

       IT IS SO ORDERED.

                                                               PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
16th day of November, 2015.

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