Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-29 15:07:31.221222+00
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Opinion issued May 25, 2023

                                          In The

                                  Court of Appeals
                                         For The

                             First District of Texas
                                ————————————
                                 NO. 01-23-00298-CV
                               ———————————
     IN RE NANCY PRESSLER AND H. PAUL PRESSLER III, Relators

              Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

                             MEMORANDUM OPINION

       On April 19, 2023, relators Nancy Pressler and H. Paul Pressler III filed a

petition for writ of mandamus challenging the trial court’s April 17, 2023 order

compelling net worth discovery.1 In conjunction with the petition, relators filed a

1
    The underlying case is Gareld Duan Rollins, Jr. v. H. Paul Pressler III, Nancy Pressler,
    Paige Patterson, Jared Woodfill, The Woodfill Law Firm, f/k/a Woodfill & Pressler,
    L.L.P., Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, First Baptist Church of Houston,
    The Southern Baptist Convention, and The Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist
    Convention, cause number 2017-69277A, pending in the 127th District Court of Harris
    County, Texas, the Honoarble Ravi K. Sandill presiding.
motion to stay the discovery order pending our decision on the mandamus petition.

On April 20, 2023, our Court issued an order granting relators’ stay motion and

requested a response to the mandamus petition. On the same day, however, relators

informed our Court that the trial court issued an amended order mooting the issues

raised in their mandamus petition and the related stay motion.2

       Accordingly, we dismiss this original proceeding as moot and withdraw our

April 20, 2023 order.

                                   PER CURIAM

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

2
    Relators subsequently filed a mandamus petition challenging the amended discovery
    order. Relators’ challenge to the amended discovery remains pending in In re Nancy
    Pressler and H. Paul Pressler III, Case No. 01-23-00304-CV (Tex. App.—Houston
    [1st Dist.]). Our Court granted a stay of the amended discovery order pending our
    determination on the mandamus petition.
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