Opinion
NO. 14-14-00296-CV
04-23-2014
IN RE PLATINUM ENERGY SOLUTIONS, INC., Relator
Motion GRANTED and Order filed April 23, 2014.
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
234th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2012-30972
ORDER
On April 21, 2014, relator Platinum Energy Solutions, Inc. filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. Relator asks this court to order the Honorable Wesley Ward, Judge of the 234th District Court, in Harris County, Texas, to set aside his order, dated March 31, 2014, granting real parties in interest's motion for clarification of order, entered in trial court number 2012-30972, styled StarstreamCapital, LLC, et al. v. L. Charles Moncla, Jr., et al.. Relator claims respondent abused his discretion by ordering relator to produce forty-three categories of requested documents.
Relator also has filed an unopposed motion for temporary stay of proceedings below. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(b), 52.10. On April 21, 2014, relator 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 relator's request for relief requires further consideration and that relator will be prejudiced unless immediate temporary relief is granted. We therefore GRANT relator's motion and issue the following order:
We ORDER the trial court's March 31, 2014 order granting real parties in interest's motion for clarification of order in trial court cause number 2012-30972, Starstream Capital, LLC, et al. v. L. Charles Moncla, Jr., et al., STAYED 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 real parties in interest to file a response to the petition for writ of mandamus on or before May 7, 2014. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.4.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Frost and Justices Boyce and Jamison.