NUMBER 13-21-00224-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
IN RE CITY OF ARANSAS PASS
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Justices Longoria, Hinojosa, and Tijerina
Order Per Curiam
Relator, the City of Aransas Pass, Texas, has filed a petition for writ of mandamus
seeking to compel the trial court to quash the deposition notices directed to Mayor Ramiro
Gomez and Council Members Carrie Scruggs, Jan Moore, and Vickie Abrego, and former
Council Member Billy Ellis. Relator has also filed a motion for emergency relief seeking
to stay the trial court’s order of July 16, 2021, requiring those depositions to take place.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the relator’s motion for
emergency relief, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. Accordingly, we
grant the relator’s motion for emergency relief and order the depositions, and the July 16,
2021 order, to be stayed pending resolution of this original proceeding. 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 party in interest, the State of Texas ex. Rel.
Association Against Annexation Abuse, or any others whose interest would be directly
affected by the relief sought, including but not limited to Aransas County, San Patricio
County, and the State of Texas, 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.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed on the
23rd day of July, 2021.
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