Opinion
NO. 14-17-00299-CV
04-20-2017
IN RE METHODIST PRIMARY CARE GROUP, Relator
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS
234th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2015-35424
ORDER
On April 19, 2017, relator Methodist Primary Care Group filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. Relator asks this court to order respondent, the Honorable Wesley Ward, Judge of the 234th District Court, in Harris County, Texas, to vacate the part of his order dated April 4, 2017, in trial court number 2015-35424, that overrules relator's objections to Requests for Production 82, 108, 109, and 110, and orders relator to produce documents responsive to these requests within 20 days ("Discovery Order").
Relator also has filed a motion for emergency temporary relief asking this court to stay the part of the Discovery Order made the subject of relator's request for mandamus relief pending a decision on the petition for writ of mandamus. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(b), 52.10.
It appears from the facts stated in the petition and emergency motion that relator's request for mandamus relief requires further consideration and that relator will be prejudiced unless immediate temporary relief is granted. We therefore GRANT relator's emergency motion and issue the following order:
We STAY the part of the Discovery Order compelling relator to produce documents responsive to Requests for Production 82, 108, 109, and 110 until a final decision by this court on relator's petition for writ of mandamus, or until further order of this court.
In addition, the court requests Associates in Medicine, PA, the real party-in-interest, to file a response to the petition for writ of mandamus on or before May 8, 2017. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.4.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Donovan and Wise.