Court Opinion

ID: 4114765
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Date Created: 2017-01-11 08:14:45.440834+00
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NUMBER 13-16-00700-CV

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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PLAINSCAPITAL BANK,                                                         Appellant,

                                          v.

BLANCA E. GONZALEZ AND
JOSE S. RODRIGUEZ,                                 Appellees.
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             On appeal from the 139th District Court
                   of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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                                      ORDER
            Before Justices Rodriguez, Benavides, and Hinojosa
                             Order Per Curiam

      Appellant PlainsCapital Bank perfected an interlocutory appeal from an order

rendered by the 137th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, in trial court cause

number C-4151-15-C.      The trial court’s order denied appellant’s motion to compel

arbitration under the Federal Arbitration Act.   See T EX . C IV . P RAC . & R EM . C ODE
A NN . § 51.016 (West, Westlaw through 2015 R.S.); see also 9 U.S.C. § 16(a)(1).

       Appellant has filed a “Motion for Temporary Relief.” In its motion, appellant seeks

a stay of all proceedings in the trial court pending the resolution of its interlocutory

appeal of the trial court’s order denying the motion to compel arbitration. Appellees

Blanca E. Gonzalez and Jose S. Rodriguez have filed a response asking this Court to

deny appellant’s request for temporary relief.

       Having reviewed appellant’s motion and appellees’ response, we hereby GRANT

the motion. We order all proceedings in trial court cause number C-4151-15-C

STAYED until further order of this Court.

       IT IS SO ORDERED.

                                                              PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
9th day of January, 2017.

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