COURT OF APPEALS

                                       SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                   FORT WORTH

                                        NO. 2-07-256-CV

IN RE ERNEST REYNOLDS III                                                    RELATOR

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                                    ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

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                                MEMORANDUM OPINION^[1]

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The court has considered relator=s petition for writ of mandamus and is of the opinion that relief should be denied because relator has an adequate remedy by appeal.  Accordingly, the court vacates that portion of its July 31, 2007 order staying proceedings in the trial court and denies relator=s petition for writ of mandamus.

Relator shall pay all costs of this original proceeding, for which let execution issue.

PER CURIAM

PANEL B:  MCCOY, LIVINGSTON, and GARDNER, JJ.

DELIVERED:  August 30, 2007