Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-16 00:11:02.444284+00
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Order filed January 12, 2023

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                              NO. 14-19-00861-CV
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        IN RE FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC., Relator

                         ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                          WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                    On Appeal from the 270th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2017-49530

                                     ORDER

      On October 29, 2019, relator FedEx Ground Package System, Inc., 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 asked this court to compel the
Honorable Dedra Davis, presiding judge of the 270th District Court of Harris
County, to vacate her October 28, 2019 order denying FedEx’s motions to quash
subpoenas and for protective orders. We conditionally granted FedEx’s petition on
May 28, 2020.

      Real party in interest Zach Brown filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the
Texas Supreme Court, seeking relief from this court’s ruling. On September 9, 2022,
the Supreme Court granted Brown’s petition in part and directed this court to vacate
our order granting relief quashing brown’s trial subpoena and address whether Rule
176 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure applies in this case.

      On January 6, 2023, the parties advised this court that they have reached a
settlement of all claims and requested that we abate this case so that they may finalize
the settlement. We grant the motion.

      The original proceeding is abated for a period of thirty days from the date of
this order, at which time the parties are directed to advise the court of the status of
the settlement. The original proceeding is treated as a closed case, and removed
from this court’s active docket. The original proceeding will be reinstated on this
court’s active docket when the parties file a motion to dismiss the original
proceeding or other dispositive motion. The court also will consider an appropriate
motion to reinstate the original proceeding, or the court may reinstate the original
proceeding on its own motion.

                                    PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Wise and Hassan.