Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-29 09:12:43.203227+00
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Order filed January 26, 2023

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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                              NO. 14-23-00039-CV
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                       IN RE RAMESH KAPUR, Relator

                         ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                          WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                    On Appeal from the 189th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2019-38863

                                     ORDER

      On January 20, 2023, relator Ramesh Kapur 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. Relator asks this court to compel the Honorable Scott Dollinger to vacate his
December 12, 2022 order vacating the summary judgment order and Hughyun
International, LLC’s motion to vacate, modify, or correct the summary judgment
and motion to extend postjudgment deadlines.

      Because Judge Dollinger ceased to hold the office of Judge of the 189th
District Court, Harris County, Texas, we are required to abate this mandamus
proceeding to permit the respondent’s successor, the Honorable Tamika Craft, to
consider the decision regarding relator’s request for relief. See Tex. R. App. P.
7.2(b); see also In re Baylor Med. Ctr. at Garland, 280 S.W.3d 227, 228 (Tex. 2008)
(orig. proceeding) (“Mandamus will not issue against a new judge for what a former
one did.”).

      Therefore, we abate this proceeding, treat it as a closed case, and remove it
from the court’s active docket. This original proceeding is abated until February
27, 2023, to permit Judge Craft to consider the order underlying relator’s request for
relief. On or before that date, Judge Craft shall advise the court of the action taken
on relator’s request by filing a signed order reflecting her ruling concerning relator’s
request for relief with this court. The court will then consider a motion to reinstate
or dismiss the original proceeding, as appropriate.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Wise, Jewell, and Poissant.