Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-09 08:11:55.288312+00
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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed
April 6, 2023.

                                      In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                                NO. 14-22-00897-CV

               IN RE MARIA CRISTINA DONNELLY, Relator

                          ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                            WRIT OF MANDAMUS
                              Probate Court No. 2
                              Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 477,195-401

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On December 5, 2022, relator Maria Cristina Donnelly 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 Michael
Newman to set aside his November 29, 2022 docket control order.

      Because Judge Newman ceased to hold the office of Probate Court No. 2,
Harris County, Texas, we abated this mandamus proceeding, on January 12, 2023,
to permit his successor, the Honorable Pamela Medina, 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.”).

      On March 24, 2023, Judge Medina signed an order vacating Judge Newman’s
November 29, 2022 docket control order. Relator’s request for relief is moot.

      Accordingly, we dismiss relator’s petition for writ of mandamus for lack of
jurisdiction. We lift our December 5, 2022 stay.

                                    PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Jewell, Bourliot, and Poissant.

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