Opinion
NO. 01-20-00674-CV
03-04-2021
IN RE EDUARDO DEL PINO, SPRING DEL PINO, ROBERT RUGGLES, GLORIA RUGGLES, ROBERT DAWKINS, DEMETRIA DAWKINS, EDDIE DELANEY, JENNIFER DELANEY, LEROY DELK, CAROLE DELK, MARTIN DENARI, MARIA DENARI, ALBERT DENNLER, ERMI DIAZ, GHAZI DICKAKIAN, JACQUELINE DICKAKIAN, MATTHEW CROGHAN, MARLA DIETZ, GREGORY DILLARD, ELIZABETH DILLARD, WILLIAM DISMUKES, MELISSA DISMUKES, GERARD DOYLE, REBECCA DOYLE, KENNETH DUGAS, MARILYNN DULANY, EDWARD DUMIRE, TAMMY DUMIRE, BERT DWORAK, ANNEMARIE DWORAK, BEVERLY DYER, JANINE EGGERS, CHRISTOPHER ELLISON, GEORGENA ELLISON, JOHN ELY, MICHELLE ELY, JOHN FARMER, KELLY FARMER, TYRONE FAUST, KENNETH FEARON, DIANA FEARON, ROBERT FENNELL, KAREN FENNELL, DANELL FIELDS, LESLIE FLAKE, JEREMY FONTENOT, COURTNEY FONTENOT, TYLER FORD, MIKKI FORD, GAYLES FORWARD PERKINS, JIMMY FOSTER, LAURA FOSTER, RICK FOX, JANICE FOX, ANDREW FRANCIS, RICK FRAZIER, LOUISE FRAZIER, MICHAEL GIBSON, DIANNE GIBSON, FRANK GIROLAMO, SUE GIROLAMO, EDWIN GOLDMAN, NICOLE GOLDMAN, JASON GOMEZ, JUAN GONZALEZ, BENITA TURRUBIARTES, ALLEN HOWARD DEOLIVER, DEBBIE GRANT, MICHALE GRANT, MARY GRANT, ALAN HANEY, RHONDA HANEY, BRANDON HANNA, AMANDA HANNA, JACKIE HARMON, MARK HATCH, ELIZABETH HATCH, TARA HEIL, MARY HELMER, JEFF HEMMER, ROBERT HENDRY, LESLIE HENDRY, GAYE HENLEY, JAMES HENRY, MELANIE HENRY, CHARLES HENSLEY, WILLIAM HEPFNER, JASON HILLYER, DEBBIE HILLYER, VIRGINIA HOGWOOD, RANDOLPH HOLLAND, KIMBERLY HOLLAND, KENNETH HOWARD, YVONNE HOWARD, DAVID HUETHER, DANIA HUETHER, JAMES JENKINS, CAROLE JENKINS, JOHN JENKINS, LOURDES JENKINS, WALTER JENKINS, SUSAN JENKINS, JOANNE JESTER, YU JIN, XIN HAO, CHRIS JOHNSEN, BRANDEE JOHNSEN, GLENDA JOHNSON, MARCO JOHNSON, STANLEY JORGENSEN, LOWETA JORGENSEN, KELLY KING, JAMIE KING, ROBERT KING, RITA KING, WILLIAM KITTS, SHERRY KITTS, DENNIS KLAGER, ELLEN KLAGER, JOHN KLUG, ANITA KLUG, STEVEN KNOWLES, GINA KNOWLES, WILLIAM KOERNER, MEREDITH KOERNER, GERALD KONIECZNY, NORA KONIECZNY, SAMIR KREIT, CAROLYN KREIT, ERIC KRISTIANSEN, BRIDGET KRISTIANSEN, LARRY KRUSE, CHRISTINA KRUSE, STEPHEN LANEY, JANICE LANEY, RONALD LEGGETT, SHIRLEY LEGGETT, FRANK LEIDOLF, NORMAN LEMMA, DIANE LEMMA, ANDREW LEMOINE, LORETTA LEMOINE, FREDERICK LENGEFELD, TANYA LENGEFELD, TODD LIMBAUGH, MARY LIMBAUGH, CARLYN LLENOS, SHARON LLEWELLYN, GREGORY LUCAS, LORRI LUCAS, LASON MACKEY HINES, CHRISTOPHER MADDEN, CHARLES BERRY MADDEN, MANUEL MALVAEZ, JENNIFER MALVAEZ, DAVID MANTEY, CLAUDIA MANTEY, MOLLY MARCHMAN, LINDA MARTIN, JOSEPH MAUL, EMILY MAUL, DICK MCCALL, MILDRED MCCALL, HOLLIE MCCLELLAN, WALTER MCFERRIN, DANIEL MCCGINNIS, MICHELLE MCGINNIS, ROBERT MCHUGH, JR., FRANCINE MCHUGH, ERIC MCKEE, GWEN MCKEE, EDWIN MCLEA, ERIN MCLEA, SHANE MCLEAN, PAULA MCLEAN, DONNA MCMURRAY, GENE MEDLOCK, CHRISTI MEDLOCK, JOHN MIKAN, DEBBIE MIKAN, JAMES MILLER, ELEANOR MILLER, DANIEL MILLMAN, AE MILLMAN, NICOLAE MITITEANU, MONTE MITTAG, CARL MONTANO, AURORA MONTANO, RONNIE MOORE, FIDEL MORENO, CONNIE MORENO, PAUL MORGAN, KENDALL MORGAN, JOHN MORMINO, LORETTA 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CARLISLE, SHERIE CARLISLE, JOHN CARTER, PATTY CARTER, WILLIAM CARTER, GAIL CARTER, DOUGAN CARUTHERS, YVONNE CATALA, LEENDERT KLUFT, COREY CHAMBERLAIN, JO LANE CHAMBERLAIN, DON CHESNUT, ANGELA CHESNUT, ROBERT CIPRIANI, ELIZABETH CIPRIANI, RICHARD CLAYDEN, GAIL CLAYDEN, CAROL CLAYTON, PETER COULTER, MELINDA COULTER, JOHN CUGINI, PATRICIA CUGINI, PATRICK CUNNINGHAM, LINDA CUNNINGHAM, RANDY DAVIS, SHERRY DAVIS, ROBERT WESTOVER, DANIE BURKHARDT, MARC FRANCIOSA, RICHARD GATHINGS, MARION GILLESPIE, LESTER WILKES, FAYE WILKES, BENSON YUEN, GEORGE RONCHAQUIRA, JEFF EARLY, ELIZABETH EARLY, AARON HENSON, JEANNE HENSON, JAMES DICKEY, SHEILA DICKEY, MIKE WOEHST, LINDA WOEHST, SMILES BY WOEHST, GORDON MAYEAUX, KATHY MAYEAUX, FARROLD BALOTE, JOE MURPHY, JANET PHELPS, DON FISHBECK, AND BRENDA FISHBECK, Relators
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relators have filed a petition for writ of mandamus, requesting that this Court order respondent, the Honorable Sylvia Matthews, to disqualify herself as the multidistrict litigation ("MDL") pretrial judge or, in the alternative, to rule on their objections to her appointment as the pretrial MDL judge. We deny the petition for writ of mandamus. All pending motions are dismissed as moot.
The underlying case is Eduardo Del Pino, et al. v. Hanson Aggregates, LLC, et al., Cause No. 2020-08901, pending for coordinated pretrial proceedings in the 281st District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Sylvia Matthews presiding as MDL pretrial judge. --------
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Countiss, Rivas-Molloy, and Guerra.