Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Opinion filed October 25, 2016.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
NO. 14-16-00601-CV
IN RE VALERO REFINING-TEXAS, LP AND VALERO REFINING CO.
TEXAS, Relators
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
189th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2013-49459
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On July 29, 2016, relators Valero Refining-Texas, LP and Valero Refining
Co. Texas filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code
Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relators ask
this court to compel the Honorable William R. Burke, Jr., presiding judge of the
189th District Court of Harris County, to (1) vacate his July 1, 2016 order denying
relators’ motion to compel discovery, and (2) allow relators discovery of the portions
of the 2013 and 2014 appraisal reports of four refineries that have not been produced.
To obtain mandamus relief, a relator generally must show both that the trial
court clearly abused its discretion and that relator has no adequate remedy by appeal.
In re Prudential Ins. Co., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135–36 (Tex. 2004) (orig. proceeding).
Relators have not established that they are entitled to mandamus relief.
Accordingly, we deny relators’ petition for writ of mandamus.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Busby, Donovan, and Wise.
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