Opinion issued November 17, 2016

In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-16-00916-CV ——————————— IN RE JORGE MEDINA, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Jorge Medina, filed a petition for writ of mandamus, late on November 16, 2016, seeking to compel the respondent, the Honorable John Phillips, to grant a hearing on relator’s request for de novo hearing and to hear his trial on the merits in his underlying petition to modify the parent-child relationship.1 With his petition, relator also filed an emergency motion, also late on November 16, 2016, to

The underlying case is In the Interest of J.M.J., A Child, No. 2014-04700J, in the 314th District Court of Harris County, the Honorable John Phillips presiding. stay his trial on the merits scheduled for November 17, 2016, before the associate judge, pending resolution of his petition. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10(a).

We deny the petition for writ of mandamus and dismiss the emergency motion as moot. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a), (d).

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Higley, and Lloyd.