In re Alicia Gonzalez and Nicole Trebilcock Appeal from County Court at Law No. 4 of Nueces County (memorandum opinion)
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NUMBER 13-23-00546-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG IN RE ALICIA GONZALEZ AND NICOLE TREBILCOCK On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Longoria, Silva, and Peña Memorandum Opinion by Justice Silva1 Relators Alicia Gonzalez and Nicole Trebilcock filed a petition for writ of mandamus through which they contend that the trial court abused its discretion by granting motions to dismiss filed by the real parties in interest, John Blaha and the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA). See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. §§ 27.001–011 (codifying the Texas Citizens Participation Act). See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(d) (“When denying relief, the court may hand down an opinion but is not required to do so. When granting relief, the court must hand down an opinion as in any other case.”); id. R. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and memorandum opinions). 1 Mandamus is an extraordinary and discretionary remedy. See In re Allstate Indem. Co., 622 S.W.3d 870, 883 (Tex. 2021) (orig. proceeding); In re Garza, 544 S.W.3d 836, 840 (Tex. 2018) (orig. proceeding) (per curiam); In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 138 (Tex. 2004) (orig. proceeding). The relator must show that (1) the trial court abused its discretion, and (2) the relator lacks an adequate remedy by appeal. In re USAA Gen. Indem. Co., 624 S.W.3d 782, 787 (Tex. 2021) (orig. proceeding); In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d at 135–36; Walker v. Packer, 827 S.W.2d 833, 839–40 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding). The Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus, the responses filed by Blaha and the CCA, the replies thereto filed by relators, and the applicable law, is of the opinion that relators have not met their burden to obtain relief. Accordingly, we lift the stay previously imposed in this cause. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10. We deny the petition for writ of mandamus. CLARISSA SILVA Justice Delivered and filed on the 25th day of January, 2024. 2
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