Order filed August 2, 2021.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-21-00157-CV
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THE STATE OF TEXAS BY AND THROUGH THE TEXAS
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, Appellant
V.
AHMAD SULEIMAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND COLUMBIA STOP, LLC,
Appellees
On Appeal from the 239th District Court
Brazoria County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 107226-CV
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NO. 14-21-00238-CV
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IN RE STATE OF TEXAS BY AND THROUGH THE TEXAS
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION, Relator
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
239th District Court
Brazoria County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 107226-CV
ORDER
On March 23, 2021, the State of Texas by and through the Texas
Transportation Commission (“the State”) filed a notice of appeal from the trial
court’s order signed March 4, 2021, denying the State’s motion to dismiss for want
of jurisdiction. The State’s appeal was assigned to this Court under our appellate
number 14-21-00157-CV.
On May 6, 2021, the State filed a petition for writ of mandamus “[o]ut of an
abundance of caution, and strictly in the alternative,” complaining of the trial
court’s order signed February 8, 2021, denying the State’s motion to abate in the
same trial court cause number at issue in the State’s interlocutory appeal. The
original proceeding has been assigned our case number 14-21-00238-CV.
Today, the Court, on its own motion, ORDERS CONSOLIDATION of the
appeal and the original proceeding, Nos. 14-21-00157-CV and 14-21-00238-CV.
We further ORDER Ahmed Sulieman, Individually and Columbia Stop,
LLC’s motion to abate mandamus proceedings DENIED. The petition for a writ
of mandamus remains pending.
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PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Wise, Jewell, and Spain. (Justice Spain dissents and
would dismiss for lack of a proper original-proceeding record.).
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