TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-21-00604-CV
In re Randall Crowder
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY
ORDER
PER CURIAM
In this mandamus proceeding, Relator Randall Crowder requests as emergency
relief the temporary stay of the trial court’s November 19, 2021 Amended Order on Defendant
Crowder’s Continued Contempt (Amended Order).
We grant the motion for emergency relief. To preserve the status quo while the
Court considers the merits of the petition for writ of mandamus, the trial court’s November 19,
2021 Amended Order is stayed, pending further order of this Court. During the pendency of this
temporary stay, Relator is ORDERED (1) to maintain and not to destroy or relinquish possession
of the electronic storage devices (business and personal) and data storage locations (business and
personal) that are the subject of the Amended Order, and (2) to preserve and not to delete or
obscure relevant data from those data storage devices and locations.
The real parties in interest shall have until December 10, 2021, to file a response
to the petition for writ of mandamus. The real parties in interest may also request
reconsideration of the emergency relief.
It is so ORDERED on November 24, 2021.
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana, and Kelly