in Re Jorge Medina

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 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.