COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

MEMORANDUM OPINION ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

            Relator seeks a writ of mandamus to overturn an order denying its motion to compel arbitration pursuant to the Federal Arbitration Act (“FAA”). A writ of mandamus will issue only if the trial court clearly abused its discretion and if the relator has no adequate remedy by appeal. In re Prudential Ins. Co. of America, 148 S.W.3d 124, 135-36 (Tex. 2004). A party may bring an interlocutory appeal from an order denying a motion to compel arbitration under the FAA. See Tex.Civ.Prac.&Rem.Code Ann. § 51.016 (West Supp. 2010); In re Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., 315 S.W.3d 888, 891 n.3 (Tex. 2010)(orig. proceeding); Sidley Austin Brown & Wood, LLP v. J.A. Green Dev. Corp., 327 S.W.3d 859, 861 (Tex.App.--Dallas 2010, no pet.). Because Relator has an adequate remedy by appeal, the petition for a writ of mandamus is denied. See In re H.D. Vest, Inc., ___ S.W.3d ___, ___, 2010 WL 4816067, at *1 (Tex.App.--El Paso Nov. 29, 2010, orig. proceeding).

March 23, 2011

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Chief Justice

Before Chew, C.J., McClure, and Rivera, JJ.