NUMBER 13-21-00009-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE CHRISTOPHER WAYNE HOLT
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Hinojosa and Silva
Order Per Curiam
By petition for writ of mandamus, pro se relator Christopher Wayne Holt seeks to
compel the trial court to vacate its order referring the underlying case to mediation, set
relator’s motion for enforcement for hearing, rule on relator’s motion for substitute service,
and order real party in interest Michelle Ann Fraze to personally appear in the proceedings
below. 1 See TEX. FAM. CODE ANN. § 157.061(a) (“On filing a motion for enforcement
requesting contempt, the court shall set the date, time, and place of the hearing and order
1This case arises from trial court cause number 09-01754-00-0D in the 105th District Court of
Nueces County, Texas.
the respondent to personally appear and respond to the motion.”). Relator has also filed
a motion for emergency stay and temporary relief though which he seeks to stay the order
of referral to mediation and other trial court proceedings pending resolution of this petition
for writ of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10.
The Court, having examined and fully considered relator’s motion for emergency
stay and temporary relief, is of the opinion that it should be granted. Accordingly, we grant
the motion, and we order mediation and all trial court proceedings to be stayed pending
resolution of this petition for writ of mandamus. See id. The Court requests that the real
party in interest, Michelle Ann Fraze, or any others whose interest would be directly
affected by the relief sought, including but not limited to Jeanette Cantu-Bazar and the
Office of the Attorney General, 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 id. R. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed on the
13th day of January, 2021.
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