Opinion
NO. 14-19-00172-CV
04-02-2019
IN RE GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, Relator
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS
113th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2017-50385
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On March 1, 2019, relator Government Employees Insurance Company 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 asks this court to compel the Honorable Rabeea Sultan Collier, presiding judge of the 113th District Court of Harris County, to vacate the June 28, 2018 order denying relator's motion for severance and abatement.
Relator also requested relief from respondent's February 25, 2019 order compelling discovery and ordering sanctions. We denied mandamus relief as to that order on March 12, 2019, and it is not a subject of this opinion. See In re Gov't Emps. Ins. Co., No. 14-19-00172-CV, 2019 WL 1119648 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Mar. 3, 2019, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.).
On March 12, 2019, we abated this original proceeding pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 7.2(b) to allow the respondent to reconsider the predecessor judge's June 28, 2018 ruling. See Tex. R. App. P. 7.2(b).
On March 22, 2019, relator advised this court that the parties have settled the underlying case. Relator's requested relief in the petition for writ of mandamus is now moot.
Accordingly, relator's petition for writ of mandamus is ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Jewell and Bourliot.