Opinion issued September 9, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-14-00081-CV
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IN RE FD FRONTIER DRILLING (CYPRUS) LTD.; FRONTIER
DRILLING AS; FRONTIER DRILLING USA, INC.; AND NOBLE
DRILLING (U.S.), L.L.C., Relators
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relators, FD Frontier Drilling (Cyprus) Ltd., Frontier Drilling AS, Frontier
Drilling USA, Inc., and Noble Drilling (U.S.), L.L.C., filed a petition for writ of
mandamus, challenging the trial court’s order denying relators’ motion to stay the
proceedings in the trial court pending the determination of appellate cause number
01-12-01160-CV.1 In their petition, relators requested that we “order the trial
proceedings be stayed pending resolution of Relators’ appeal (Cause No. 01-12-
01160-CV).” Relators further requested, in a motion for emergency relief, a
temporary stay of the proceedings in the trial court. We granted relators’
emergency motion on January 28, 2014, staying all proceedings in the trial court
and all discovery in the underlying trial court proceedings.
We issued our opinion and our judgment in appellate cause number 01-12-
01160-CV on May 1, 2014. Further, we denied the motion for rehearing filed by
Steve Didmon, the real party in interest in this original proceeding and the appellee
in appellate cause number 01-12-01160-CV, on July 29, 2014. No party filed a
motion for en banc reconsideration, and the deadline for filing such a motion or a
motion for extension of time to file a motion for reconsideration en banc has
passed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 49.5, 49.7, 49.8. As a result, our plenary power in
appellate cause number 01-12-01160-CV expired on August 28, 2014. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 19.1(b).
Because appellate cause number 01-12-01160-CV is now resolved, relators
have received the relief they sought by mandamus, and this proceeding is now
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The underlying case is Steve Didmon v. Frontier Drilling USA, Inc., FD Frontier
Drilling (Cyprus) Ltd., and Noble Drilling (U.S.), Inc., cause number 2011-00127,
pending in the 334th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Hon. Grant
Dorfman presiding.
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moot. Accordingly, we vacate our stay and dismiss this original proceeding and
any pending motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Jennings and Keyes.
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