In re Owen J. Merrell and Jeanna East Appeal from 270th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Opinion issued July 8, 2022 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-22-00494-CV ——————————— IN RE OWEN J. MERRELL AND JEANNA EAST, Relators Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus MEMORANDUM OPINION Relators Owen J. Merrell and Jeanna East filed a petition for writ of mandamus in response to the Honorable Dedra Davis’s overruling of their “Agreed Objection to Trial Proceeding as Planned.” The next day, Relators filed a corresponding “Emergency Motion to Stay Trial Scheduled to Begin July 13, 2022.”1 We deny the petition for writ of mandamus. TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a). Relators’ Emergency Motion to Stay Trial Scheduled to Begin July 13, 2022 is denied.2 Any other pending motions are denied as moot. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Kelly, Countiss, and Rivas-Molloy. 1 The underlying case is Jeanna East v. Owen J. Merrell, Cause No. 2019-21343, pending in the 270th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Dedra Davis presiding. 2 Justice Kelly would have granted the Emergency Motion to Stay. 2

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