Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-19 16:08:23.962673+00
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Opinion issued February 13, 2024

                                       In The

                               Court of Appeals
                                      For The

                           First District of Texas
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                               NO. 01-24-00092-CV
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                     IN RE TAKASHA FRANCIS, Relator

            Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Relator, TaKasha Francis, filed a petition for writ of mandamus related to the

underlying trial court case, filed by real party in interest, the Honorable Robert K.

Schaffer, against real parties in interest, Mike Doyle, in his representative capacity

as the Chair of the Harris County Democratic Party, and the Harris County

Democratic Party.1

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      The underlying case is Robert K. Schaffer v. Mike Doyle, in his Representative
      Capacity as Chair of the Harris County Democratic Party, and the Harris County
      In connection with her mandamus petition, Francis also filed an “Emergency

Motion for Temporary Relief and Stay.” In her motion, Francis requested that the

Court “stay[] the [February 8, 2024] trial setting so” the merits of her mandamus

petition “may be considered” by this Court. However, on February 6, 2024, Francis

filed an “Update on Relator’s Request for Emergency Stay,” notifying the Court of

a February 5, 2024 trial court hearing in which the trial court granted Francis’s

request for emergency continuance of the February 8, 2024 trial setting.

Accordingly, Francis stated that she was “withdraw[ing] her request for an

Emergency Stay of the February 8, 2024 trial setting.”

      Our review of Francis’s mandamus petition reflects that she has failed to

establish that she is entitled to mandamus relief. See Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d

833, 840 (Tex. 1992).      Accordingly, we deny Francis’s petition for writ of

mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a). We further deny as moot Francis’s

“Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief and Stay,” and dismiss any other pending

motions as moot.

                                 PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Guerra and Farris.

      Democratic Party, Case No. 2024-02303, in the 269th District Court of Harris
      County, Texas, the Honorable Christi Kennedy, sitting by assignment, presiding.

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