Opinion issued September 24, 2019

In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-19-00676-CV ——————————— IN RE NABORS DRILLING TECHNOLOGIES USA, INC, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION On September 10, 2019, Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc., filed a petition for writ of mandamus requesting that our court compel the respondent district court judge to rule on Nabors’s Motion to Dismiss and Compel Arbitration in the underlying case.1 Nabors fails to demonstrate that the motion has been pending

The underlying case is Joshua Robertson v. ConocoPhillips; ConocoPhillips Company; Nabors Drilling Technologies USA, Inc.; Charger Services, LLC; Big D Equipment Company, Ltd.; M & M Excavating, Inc.; and Maurice Meyer III, John R. Norris III, and David E. Berry, as Trustees of the Texas Pacific Land Trust, cause for an unreasonable time since its June 3, 2019 submission date and Nabors’s subsequent August 13, 2019 letter request for a ruling. See In re Foster, 503 S.W.3d 606, 607 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2016, orig. proceeding) (citing Barnes v. State, 832 S.W.2d 424, 426 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 1992) (orig. proceeding)). Accordingly, we deny the petition.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Lloyd, Goodman, and Landau.

number 2018-24644, pending in the 165th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Ursula A. Hall presiding.