in Re Southwestern Public Service Company, Xcel Energy, Inc., Xcel Energy Services, Inc.

NUMBER 13-19-00111-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
IN RE SOUTHWESTERN PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY, XCEL ENERGY
INC., AND XCEL ENERGY SERVICES INC.
On Petition for Writ of Mandamus.
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Hinojosa
Per Curiam Order
Relators Southwestern Public Service Company, Xcel Energy Inc., and Xcel
Energy Services Inc. filed a petition for writ of mandamus and emergency motion to stay
trial in the above cause. Through this original proceeding, relators seek to set aside a
death penalty sanction order. Through their emergency motion, relators seek to stay the
trial of this case set for March 18, 2019.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the emergency motion to stay
trial, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. The emergency motion to stay
the trial is GRANTED and the trial of this matter is ordered STAYED pending further order
of this Court, or until the case is finally decided. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10(b) (“Unless
vacated or modified, an order granting temporary relief is effective until the case is finally
decided.”).
The Court requests that the real parties in interest, Eduardo Munoz, Jr. and
Kasandra Girela Munoz, individually and as next friend of REDACTED, or any others
whose interest would be directly affected by the relief sought, file a response to the
petition for writ of mandamus on or before the expiration of ten days from the date of this
order. See id. R. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.
Also, before this Court is Relator’s Unopposed Motion to Exceed the Word Count.
The Court GRANTS Relator’s Unopposed Motion to Exceed the Word Count.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the
14th day of March, 2019.
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