NUMBER 13-20-00412-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE DIANNA BERNSEN
On Petition for Writ of Habeas Corpus or Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Justices Benavides, Hinojosa, and Tijerina
Order Per Curiam
Relator Dianna Bernsen filed a petition for “Writ of Habeas Corpus or Mandamus”
and motion for emergency stay in the above cause on October 1, 2020, seeking to void
the trial court’s judgment of contempt. The judgment orders the Relator’s confinement in
the Nueces County jail for a period of ninety days. Through the motion for emergency
stay, relator seeks to stay the trial court’s judgment of contempt pending resolution of this
original proceeding.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the motion for emergency stay,
is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. The motion for emergency stay is
GRANTED and the trial court’s judgment of contempt is ordered STAYED pending further
order of this Court, or until the case is finally decided. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10(b)
(“Unless vacated or modified, an order granting temporary relief is effective until the case
is finally decided.”).
The Court requests that the real parties in interest 1, or any others whose interest
would be directly affected by the relief sought, file a response to the petition for writ of
mandamus on or before the expiration of ten days from the date of this order. See TEX.
R. APP. P. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the
5th day of October, 2020.
1
Real parties in interest include: the ward Leon Bernsen Sr., the temporary guardian for the ward
R. Clay Hoblit, Bernsen Farms, Ltd., Lynn Bernsen Allison, and Bradley Pickens.
2