Opinion issued November 17, 2016
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-16-00916-CV
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IN RE JORGE MEDINA, Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator, Jorge Medina, filed a petition for writ of mandamus, late on
November 16, 2016, seeking to compel the respondent, the Honorable John Phillips,
to grant a hearing on relator’s request for de novo hearing and to hear his trial on the
merits in his underlying petition to modify the parent-child relationship.1 With his
petition, relator also filed an emergency motion, also late on November 16, 2016, to
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The underlying case is In the Interest of J.M.J., A Child, No. 2014-04700J, in the
314th District Court of Harris County, the Honorable John Phillips presiding.
stay his trial on the merits scheduled for November 17, 2016, before the associate
judge, pending resolution of his petition. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10(a).
We deny the petition for writ of mandamus and dismiss the emergency
motion as moot. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a), (d).
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Higley, and Lloyd.
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