Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-29 09:12:46.05533+00
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Motion GRANTED and Order filed January 26, 2023.

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                               NO. 14-23-00034-CV
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      IN RE EDWARD ALEXANDER; ADAM P. JOHNSON; WAYNE
          THOMPSON, JR.; JUDGE LILYNN CUTRER; AND KAREN
          AUCOIN INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-TRUSTEES, Relators

                           ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                             WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                               Probate Court No. 4
                               Harris County, Texas
                        Trial Court Cause No. 365-053-404

                                      ORDER

      On January 19, 2023, relator Edward Alexander; Adam P. Johnson; Wayne
Thompson, Jr.; Judge Lilynn Cutrer; and Karen Aucoin Individually and as Co-
Trustees, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. Relators ask this court
to issue a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable James Horowitz, Judge of the
Probate Court No 4, in Harris County, Texas, to set aside the settings of (1) a January
27, 2023 status conference; and (2) a February 6, 2023 hearing by submission on
real party in interest Preston Marshall’s motion for summary judgment entered in
trial court number 365-053-404, styled Preston Marshall v. Elaine T. Marshall, et
al.

        Relators also filed a motion for temporary stay of proceedings below. See
Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(b), 52.10. On January 19, 2023, relators asked this court to
stay proceedings in the trial court pending a decision on the petition for writ of
mandamus.

        It appears from the facts stated in the petition and motion that relators’ request
for relief requires further consideration and that relators will be prejudiced unless
immediate temporary relief is granted. We therefore GRANT relators’ motion and
issue the following order:

        We ORDER the (1) January 27, 2023 status conference; and (2) the February
6, 2023 submission hearing on the motion for summary judgment filed by Preston
Marshall in trial court cause number 365-053-404, Preston Marshall v. Elaine T.
Marshall, et al., STAYED until a final decision by this court on relator’s petition
for writ of mandamus, or until further order of this court.

        In addition, the court requests real parties in interest to file a response to the
petition for writ of mandamus on or before February 10, 2023. See Tex. R. App. P.
52.4.

                                     PER CURIAM

Panel Consists of Justices Wise, Jewell, and Poissant.

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