Opinion issued July 15, 2021
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-21-00308-CV
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IN RE J-M MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., Relator
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relator, J-M Manufacturing Company, Inc. (“J-M”), filed a petition for writ
of mandamus challenging the trial court’s denial of its request that “all trial
proceedings . . . be reported by a certified court reporter.”1 J-M requested that this
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The underlying case is Andrea Jean Thompson, Individually and as Executrix of the
Estate of Tracy Dean Thompson, Deceased, and Mandy Thompson Zorn v. J-M
Manufacturing Company, Inc., Individually and as Successor in Interest to J-M A/C
Pipe Corporation, No. 2018-10109, in the 270th District Court of Harris County,
Texas, the Honorable Dedra Davis presiding.
Court “command[] [the trial court] to order the . . . official court reporter to make a
complete record of all proceedings.”
J-M also filed a “Motion for Emergency Temporary Relief,” requesting a stay
of all trial court proceedings pending this Court’s resolution of its petition for writ
of mandamus. On June 11, 2021, we granted J-M’s request for emergency relief,
staying all proceedings in trial court case number 2018-10109.
J-M has filed a motion to dismiss its petition for writ of mandamus. In the
motion, J-M represents that its request for relief in the mandamus petition “ha[s]
been rendered moot” because trial court case number 2018-10109 has been
transferred to the 55th District Court of Harris County, Texas and “a certified court
reporter [will be] present for trial proceedings.” J-M’s motion includes a certificate
of conference representing that no party opposes the relief requested in J-M’s motion
to dismiss its mandamus petition. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.3(a)(2).
Accordingly, we grant J-M’s motion, dismiss the petition for writ of
mandamus, and lift the stay imposed by our June 11, 2021 order. We dismiss all
pending motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Kelly, Guerra, and Farris.
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