Court Opinion

ID: 9939627
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Date Created: 2024-02-11 08:16:18.907176+00
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Motion to Dismiss Granted; Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed; and
Memorandum Opinion filed February 6, 2024.

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-23-00917-CV

 IN RE PAYNE & KELLER COMPANY, BY AND THROUGH ITS DULY-
      APPOINTED RECEIVER, PETER D. PROTOPAPAS, Relator

                          ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                            WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                               127th District Court
                              Harris County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 2023-70875

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On December 5, 2023, relator Payne & Keller Company, by and through its
duly-appointed Receiver, Peter D. Protopapas, 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. In
the petition, relator asks this Court to compel the Honorable Ravi K. Sandill,
presiding judge of the 127th District Court of Harris County, to vacate an order
signed December 1, 2023 setting motions for a hearing on the merits.

      On January 26, 2024, relator filed a motion to dismiss the petition. We grant
the motion and dismiss relator’s petition.

                                       PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Hassan, Poissant, and Wilson.