Opinion
No. 05-17-00507-CV No. 05-17-00508-CV No. 05-17-00509-CV
05-30-2017
IN RE WARREN KENNETH PAXTON, JR., Relator
Original Proceeding from the 416th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause Nos. 416-81913-2015 , 416-82148-2015, and 416-82149-2015
ORDER
Before Justices Bridges, Fillmore, and Schenck
Based on the Court's opinion of this date, we conditionally grant relator's May 15, 2017 petition for writ of mandamus, we dismiss relator's petition for writ of prohibition for want of jurisdiction, and we lift the Court's May 16, 2017 stay order.
We ORDER the trial court to issue a written ruling or rulings, on or before June 9, 2017, vacating its April 12, 2017 scheduling order, vacating any other orders issued by respondent after the April 11, 2017 transfer order, withdrawing any directives made, explicit or implied, that preclude the Collin County District Clerk from performing her mandatory duty to transfer the case files to the Harris County district courts under article 31.05 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, and directing the Collin County District Clerk to transfer the case files to the transferee district court in Harris County.
We further ORDER the trial court to file with this Court, on or before June 14, 2017, a certified copy of its order(s) issued in compliance with this order and with the Court's opinion of this date. Should the trial court fail to comply with this order and with the Court's opinion of this date, the writ will issue.
We ORDER the clerk of the court to lift the stay granted on May 16, 2017.
/s/ ROBERT M. FILLMORE
JUSTICE