NUMBER 13-19-00016-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE MSW CORPUS CHRISTI LANDFILL, LTD.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Longoria
Order Per Curiam
Relator, MSW Corpus Christi Landfill, Ltd., has filed a petition for writ of mandamus
contending that respondent, the Honorable Sandra L. Watts, presiding judge of the 117th
District Court of Nueces County, abused her discretion, leaving relator without an
adequate appellate remedy, by rendering orders expunging relator’s Notice of Lis
Pendens in trial court cause number 2016DCV-6158-B. Relator has also filed an
“Expedited Motion for Emergency Relief” requesting that this Court stay the underlying
proceedings until such time as we may consider the merits of the mandamus petition.
This Court, having examined the petition and motion, is of the opinion that relator’s
motion should be granted. Accordingly, all proceedings in trial court cause number
2016DCV-6158-B, including the aforementioned orders, are hereby STAYED until further
order of this Court.
Additionally, the real parties in interest, Gulley-Hurst LLC, Robert Bryan Gulley,
and Philip R. Hurst, are hereby ORDERED to file any response to the petition for writ of
mandamus on or before 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday, January 23, 2019.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the 10th
day of January, 2019.
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