In re Valentina Lucas, Individually and on behalf of The Estate of Carolee Dawn Taylor, deceased and Mya Taylor Appeal from 127th District Court of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed July 21, 2022. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-21-00677-CV IN RE VALENTINA LUCAS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF CAROLEE DAWN TAYLOR, DECEASED AND MYA TAYLOR, Relators ORIGINAL PROCEEDING WRIT OF MANDAMUS 127th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2020-01361 MEMORANDUM OPINION Relators Valentina Lucas, Individually and on behalf of The Estate of Carolee Dawn Taylor, deceased and Mya Taylor filed a petition for writ of mandamus and emergency motion for temporary relief in this Court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relators ask this Court to compel the Honorable Ravi K. Sandill, presiding judge of the 127th District Court of Harris County, to vacate the trial court’s November 19, 2021 order allowing Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. to interplead Albert Benjamin Simon’s estate funds into the registry of the district court. Relators have not established that they are entitled to mandamus relief. Accordingly, we deny relators’ petition for writ of mandamus. Additionally, our November 23, 2021 stay is lifted. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Jewell, Bourliot, and Poissant. 2

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