Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-07-12 06:08:43.281208+00
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DENIED and Opinion Filed July 10, 2023

                                       In The
                             Court of Appeals
                      Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                No. 05-23-00484-CV

       IN RE PATE REHABILITATION ENDEAVORS, LLC, Relator

           Original Proceeding from the County Court at Law No. 1
                            Dallas County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause No. CC-21-02940-A

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
                 Before Justices Pedersen, III, Nowell, and Miskel
                            Opinion by Justice Miskel
      Before the Court is relator’s May 19, 2023 petition for writ of mandamus

wherein relator contends that the trial court’s November 7, 2023 order entitled

“Dismissal as to Expedient Medical Staffing, LLC Only” is a final judgment. Relator

requests the Court to compel the trial court to close and take no further action in the

underlying proceeding.

      Entitlement to mandamus relief requires relator to show that the trial court

clearly abused its discretion and that relator lacks an adequate appellate remedy. In

re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004) (orig.

proceeding). Judicial action taken after a trial court’s plenary power expires,
however, is void, and a relator need not demonstrate an inadequate remedy by

appeal. See In re Dansby, 583 S.W.3d 838, 840 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2019, orig.

proceeding).

      After reviewing relator’s petition and the record before us, we conclude that

relator has failed to demonstrate entitlement to mandamus relief. Accordingly, we

deny the petition for writ of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a).

                                          /Emily Miskel/
230484f.p05                               EMILY MISKEL
                                          JUSTICE

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