NUMBER 13-09-00160-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG IN RE: ALLIED CHEMICAL CORPORATION, ET AL.

On Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Benavides Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam1 Relators, Allied Chemical Corporation, et al., filed a petition for writ of mandamus in which they contend that respondent, the Honorable Mario E. Ramirez Jr., presiding judge of the 332nd Judicial District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, abused his discretion, leaving relators without an adequate appellate remedy, by rendering an “Order Compel[l]ing Plaintiffs and Intervenors to A[nsw]er Able Supply and Borg-Warner Interrogatories” in the underlying case on March 13, 2009.

This Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus, is of the opinion that relators have not shown themselves entitled to the relief sought and the petition should be denied. See TEX . R. APP. P. 52.8(a).

See T EX . R. A PP . P. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and m em orandum opinions), 52.8(d) (“W hen denying relief, the court m ay hand down an opinion but is not required to do so.”) Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is DENIED.

PER CURIAM Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed this the 31st day of March, 2009.