Order entered February 17, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-15-00024-CV
IN RE DERRICK YOUNG, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 330th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-08-18771
ORDER
Before Justices Lang, Fillmore and Brown
Before the Court is Relator’s Motion for Emergency Order to Redirect Results of Genetic
Testing. To preserve this Court’s jurisdiction over the petition for writ of mandamus, we
GRANT the following temporary relief. TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10.
We ORDER relator, Derrick Young, real parties in interest, Yolanda Roddy and Diron
Thompson, all attorneys of record, and the trial judge, the Honorable Andrea Plumlee, to direct
the DNA testing facility, DNA Diagnostics Center, any other testing agency or entity involved in
parentage testing in this case, and their officers, agents, servants, employees, attorneys and
persons in active concert or participation with them to do the following until further order of this
Court: (a) halt the processing of any samples; (b) seal any results that have already been
obtained, and (c) deliver any and all copies of such sealed testing results directly to this Court for
filing under seal until further order of this Court.
Should DNA Diagnostics Center or any other testing agency or entity involved in
parentage testing in this case fail to comply with the instructions of the parties and the trial court
set forth above, we ORDER, should they receive any documentation of any kind, whether in
electronic or paper form respecting any parental testing done in this case, relator, Derrick Young,
real parties in interest, Yolanda Roddy and Diron Thompson, all attorneys of record, and the trial
judge, the Honorable Andrea Plumlee, before reviewing any results of such testing and without
making any copy of any results or other documentation, immediately to place such results or
documentation in a sealed envelope and deliver any and all copies directly to this Court for filing
under seal until further order of this Court.
We ORDER relator, Derrick Young, real parties in interest Yolanda Roddy and Diron
Thompson, all attorneys of record, and all representatives, agents, servants, employees, attorney
and persons in active concert with them not to disclose to anyone the results of any genetic
testing they have received or that they receive or any information they have received or that they
receive as a result of such genetic testing until further order of this Court.
We ORDER that the results of any genetic testing or any information obtained as a result
of any genetic testing that is the subject of this order may not be used for any purpose, at any
time, including but not limited to this mandamus proceeding, the underlying litigation or any
other proceeding until further order of this Court.
The Court’s January 9, 2015 order of stay remains in effect until further order of this
Court.
/s/ DOUGLAS S. LANG
JUSTICE