Opinion
14-24-00404-CV
06-10-2024
IN RE THE ESTATE OF VIRGINIA HUTCHINGS, Relator
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS County Court at Law Washington County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2017-012
Panel Consists of Justices Wise, Bourliot, and Wilson.
ORDER
PER CURIAM
On Wednesday, June 5, 2024, relator Randall Patterson, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. Relator asks this court to order the Honorable Eric Berg, Judge of the County Court at Law, in Washington County, Texas, to vacate the trial court's orders dated December 14, 2023 and May 7, 2024, entered in trial court number 2017-012. Relator claims the trial court abused its discretion by issuing the December 14, 2024 and May 7, 2024 orders directing relator to deposit estate funds into the registry of the trial court.
Relator has also filed a motion for temporary stay of proceedings below. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(b), 52.10. On June 5, 2024, relator asks 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 all proceedings in trial court cause number 2017-012 STAYED until a final decision by this court on relator's petition for writ of mandamus, or until further order of this court.