in Re Gary Ray Sangster

In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont _________________ NO. 09-16-00181-CV _________________ IN RE GARY RAY SANGSTER ________________________________________________________________________ Original Proceeding 410th District Court of Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 12-11-11562-CV ________________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION The relator, Gary Ray Sangster, filed a petition for writ of mandamus to compel the trial court to rule on motions that Sangster filed in a civil suit. We were subsequently notified that the motions were set by submission and the case had been set for a non-jury trial. The real party in interest, Jarrod L. Walker, filed a response suggesting that the issues raised in the petition for writ of mandamus have been mooted by the subsequent developments in the trial court. Sangster did not object to the suggestion of mootness. The petition for writ of mandamus is 1 dismissed as moot without reference to the merits of the issues presented in the petition. PETITION DISMISSED. PER CURIAM Submitted on August 10, 2016 Opinion Delivered August 11, 2016 Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ. 2