Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed July 10, 2007.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-07-00562-CV

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IN RE P&O PORTS INC., P&O PORTS TEXAS INC. (n/k/a/ P&O PORTS AMERICA TEXAS, INC.) and ROBERT EARL ALLEN, Relators

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

WRIT OF MANDAMUS

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

On July 9, 2007, relators P&O Ports Inc., P&O Ports Texas Inc. (n/k/a/ P&O Ports America Texas, Inc.) and Robert Earl Allen filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court.  See Tex. Gov=t Code Ann. ' 22.221 (Vernon 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52.  In the petition, relators ask this court to compel the Honorable Benjamin Hardin, presiding judge of the 23rd District Court of Brazoria County to vacate his orders dated July 2, 2007 in which he compelled certain discovery and denied motions for protective order and to quash such discovery.

Relators have not established their entitlement to the extraordinary relief of a writ of mandamus.  Accordingly, we deny relators= petition for writ of mandamus and also deny relators= related emergency motion to stay proceedings.

PER CURIAM

Petition Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed July 10, 2007.

Panel consists of Justices Yates, Edelman, and Frost.