Order entered December 21, 2018
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-18-00967-CV
IN RE TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY, TEXAS CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY BOARD
OF TRUSTEES, GARY PATTERSON, CHRIS DEL CONTE, DAVID GABLE, ZACH
LACROSS, DILLON SMITH, JAMES RUSSELL "RUSTY" BURNS, AND DOUGLAS
MEACHUM, Relators
Original Proceeding from the County Court at Law No. 1
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CC-18-00585-A
ORDER
Before Justices Bridges, Brown, and Boatright
Based on the Court’s opinion of this date, we CONDITIONALLY GRANT relators’
petition for writ of mandamus. We ORDER the trial judge, the Honorable D’Metria Benson, to
vacate her July 23, 2018 order denying relators’ plea in abatement and enter an order granting
the plea in abatement. We further ORDER the trial judge to file with this Court within fifteen
(15) days of the date of this order, a certified copy of her order issued in compliance with this
order. Should the trial court fail to comply with the order, the writ will issue.
We ORDER that relators recover their costs of this original proceeding, if any, from real
party in interest Kolby Listenbee.
/s/ DAVID L. BRIDGES
JUSTICE