Opinion
05-24-00867-CV
07-24-2024
IN RE AUTO CLUB COUNTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY & BRITTANY BURKS, Relators
Original Proceeding from the County Court at Law No. 3 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. CC-18-05739-C
Before Justices Partida-Kipness, Nowell, and Miskel
MEMORANDUM OPINION
ROBBIE PARTIDA-KIPNESS, JUSTICE
Before the Court are relators' July 22, 2024 petition for writ of mandamus and July 23, 2024 emergency motion for temporary relief. In their petition, relators challenge the trial court's September 21, 2023 order denying their motion to sever and abate. In their emergency motion, relators seek to stay all trial court proceedings, including the trial specially set for July 29, 2024, pending our action on the petition.
A relator who delays seeking mandamus relief, even a delay of only a few months, may waive the right to mandamus unless the relator can justify the delay. In re Barnes, No. 05-22-00312-CV, 2022 WL 1955754, at *1 (Tex. App.-Dallas June 3, 2022, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.). Based on the petition and the record before us, relators waited until the eve of trial and over ten months from the challenged ruling before seeking mandamus relief. Relators offered no explanation for the delay, thereby waiving any entitlement to mandamus relief.
Accordingly, we deny the petition for writ of mandamus. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a). Having denied relators' petition, we also deny relators' emergency motion as moot.