in Re: Hermes Sargent Bates, LLP and Colleen McCoy

Order entered March 4, 2015 In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-14-01269-CV IN RE HERMES SARGENT BATES, LLP AND COLLEEN MCCOY, Relator Original Proceeding from the 44th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 12-03421 ORDER Before Justices Francis, Evans and Whitehill By order dated December 30, 2014, the Court abated the petition for writ of mandamus pursuant to rule 7.2(b) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure to allow the successor judge to reconsider the trial court’s ruling. Relator moves to dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus stating the trial court has granted relator’s motion for reconsideration and has granted the relief sought by the petition for writ of mandamus. We ORDER the petition for writ of mandamus REINSTATED. We LIFT the stay of proceedings in the trial court imposed by this Court’s October 8, 2014 order. We GRANT relator’s motion to dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus. Pursuant to the Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the petition for writ of mandamus. We ORDER the parties to bear their own costs of this original proceeding. /s/ DAVID EVANS JUSTICE