Opinion
NO. 14-18-00142-CV
02-23-2018
IN RE KRISTEN TURLEY GIBSON AND BILLY GIBSON, AS NEXT FRIENDS OF K.G., A MINOR, Relators
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS
113th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2014-36925
ORDER
On February 23, 2018, relator Kristen Turley Gibson and Billy Gibson, as Next Friends of K.G., a Minor, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. Relators ask this court to order the Honorable Michael Landrum, Judge of the 113th District Court, in Harris County, Texas, to set aside his order dated February 8, 2018, entered in trial court number 2014-36925, styled Kristin Turley Gibson & Billy Gibson, as Next Friends of K.G., a Minor v. Sammuel Bharksuwan, M.D. et al.
Relators also filed a motion for temporary stay of proceedings below. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(b), 52.10. On February 23, 2018, relators asked this court to stay proceedings in the trial court pending a decision on the petition for writ of mandamus.
It appears from the facts stated in the petition and motion that relators' request for relief requires further consideration and that relators will be prejudiced unless immediate temporary relief is granted. We therefore GRANT relators' motion and issue the following order:
We ORDER the commencement of trial on February 26, 2018, in trial court cause number 2014-36925, Kristin Turley Gibson & Billy Gibson, as Next Friends of K.G., a Minor v. Sammuel Bharksuwan, M.D. et al., STAYED until a final decision by this court on relators' petition for writ of mandamus, or until further order of this court.
In addition, the court requests the real parties-in-interest, to file a response to the petition for writ of mandamus on or before March 1, 2018. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.4.
PER CURIAM Panel Consists of Justices Christopher, Busby, and Brown (Christopher, J., dissenting).