Elvira J. Garcia v. Patricia Elizabeth Holsey ( 2015 )

NUMBER 13-15-00269-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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ELVIRA J. GARCIA, Appellant,
v.
PATRICIA ELIZABETH HOLSEY, ANA K. GARCIA,
BETH DENISE GARCIA, ANDREW R. GARCIA,
EDWARD C. GARCIA, RAYMOND J. GARCIA,
JULIE M. CRANE, DUVE A. REYES, MARY G. FLORES,
WILLIAM A. FLORES, WILMA A. GARCIA,
MARY ELLEN FLORES, LOUIS M. FLORES,
ANNETTE FEE, AND ROSEMARY GARCIA, Appellees.
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On appeal from the 135th District Court
of Goliad County, Texas.
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ORDER
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Benavides and Perkes
Order Per Curiam
Appellant Elvira J. Garcia has appealed an amended order for issuance of a
temporary injunction signed on May 28, 2015 in favor of appellees, Patricia Elizabeth
Holsey, Ana K. Garcia, Beth Denise Garcia, Andrew R. Garcia, Edward C. Garcia,
Raymond J. Garcia, Julie M. Crane, Duve A. Reyes, Mary G. Flores, William A. Flores,
Wilma A. Garcia, Mary Ellen Flores, Louis M. Flores, Annette Fee, and Rosemary Garcia.
Currently before the Court is appellant’s emergency motion to stay. According to the
emergency motion to stay, appellees have filed a motion for contempt against appellant
seeking to have the trial court hold her in contempt for violating the temporary injunction
that is the subject of this appeal. Appellant asserts that this motion is set for hearing on
Monday, July 12, 2105 at 9:00 a.m.1 Citing Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 29.4,
appellant contends that this Court should stay the contempt proceedings because only
this Court has the power to enforce an order subject to interlocutory appeal. Appellant
thus urges this Court to stay any hearing seeking to hold her in contempt for violation of
the temporary injunction.
Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 29.4 provides that:
While an appeal from an interlocutory order is pending, only the
appellate court in which the appeal is pending may enforce the order. But
the appellate court may refer any enforcement proceeding to the trial court
with instructions to:
(a) hear evidence and grant appropriate relief; or
(b) make findings and recommendations and report them to the
appellate court.
Tex. R. App. P. 29.4; see In re Sheshtawy, 154 S.W.3d 114, 121 (Tex. 2004) (orig.
1 We assume that appellant is referring to Monday, July 13, 2015.
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proceeding); see e.g., In re Bannwart, 439 S.W.3d 417, 422 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st
Dist.] 2014, orig. proceeding).
Having examined and fully considered appellant’s motion for emergency relief,
we hereby DENY the motion and we refer any enforcement proceeding to the trial court
with instructions to hear evidence and grant appropriate relief. See id. R. 29.4(a); In re
Sheshtawy, 154 S.W.3d at 121.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the
10th day of July, 2015.
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