In Re CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp. v. the State of Texas ( 2024 )

Stay Lifted; Petition for Writ of Mandamus Dismissed and Memorandum
Opinion filed October 3, 2024.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
NO. 14-24-00653-CV
IN RE CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP., Relator
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
333rd District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2022-77634
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On September 5, 2024, relator CenterPoint Energy Resources Corp., filed a
petition for writ of mandamus in this Court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221;
see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this Court to compel the
Honorable Brittanye Morris, presiding judge of the 333rd District Court of Harris
County, to hear and rule on several pending motions. We granted a temporary stay
of the trial setting in the underlying proceeding on September 6, 2024.
On September 27, 2024, counsel for relator notified this Court by letter that
respondent conducted an oral hearing and ruled on pending motions. According to
relator, “[t]he trial court’s rulings render moot [relator’s] petition for writ of
mandamus seeking to compel the trial judge to hear and rule on motions.”
A petition for a writ of mandamus for failure to rule is dismissed as moot
when the trial court rules after the petition for writ of mandamus is filed. See In re
4KBC Trucking, LLC, No. 14-23-00675-CV, 2023 WL 7141209, at *1 (Tex.
App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Oct. 31, 2023, orig. proceeding). We dismiss relators’
petition for writ of mandamus as moot. Our earlier stay order is lifted.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Wise and Hassan.
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