Opinion
No. 01-05-01153-CV
Opinion issued January 18, 2006.
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
Panel consists of Justices NUCHIA, JENNINGS, and ALCALA.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relators and defendants in the trial court (1) Cleveland Regional Medical Center, L.L.P. d/b/a Cleveland Regional Medical Center, (2) CHS/Community Health Systems, Inc., and (3) Community Health Systems filed a petition for a writ of mandamus complaining of Judge Brown's (1) July 11, 2005 order clarifying a previous March 2, 2004 order and (2) November 14, 2005 order denying reconsideration of the July 11, 2005 order. The real parties in interest and plaintiffs in the trial court — Brenda Jeffcoat and Gerald Jeffcoat, individually and as next friends of Nancy Michelle Jeffcoat, a minor, and Matt Allan Jeffcoat — previously filed a petition for a writ of mandamus complaining about the March 2, 2004 order, which this Court denied. See In re Jeffcoat, No. 01-04-00430-CV (Tex.
The Honorable Jeff Brown, judge of the 55th District Court of Harris County, Texas. The underlying lawsuit is Jeffcoat v. Cleveland Reg. Med. Ctr., L.L.P., No. 2002-47277 (55th Dist. Ct., Harris County, Tex.).
App.-Houston [1st Dist.] Feb. 24, 2005, orig. proceeding). On March 31, 2005, the plaintiffs filed a filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the Texas Supreme Court, and on December 30, 2005 the defendants filed a motion for temporary relief requesting the supreme court to stay the trial court's July 11, 2005 and November 14, 2005 orders. See In re Jeffcoat, No. 05-0247 (Tex. filed Mar. 31, 2005).
We (1) deny relators' December 29, 2005 motion for reconsideration of this Court's December 23, 2005 denial of relators' motion for temporary relief, (2) dismiss as moot real parties in interest's December 20, 2005 motion and supplemental motion to supplement the mandamus record, and (3) deny the petition for a writ of mandamus. See Tex.R.App.P. 52.7(b) (allowing real party in interest to supplement record). The Clerk of this Court is instructed to return to the relators the three sealed envelopes of documents identified as Tab B, Tab 16, and Tab 19.