In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-20-00178-CV __________________ IN RE SEAN HEIDRICH __________________________________________________________________ Original Proceeding 418th District Court of Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 20-01-00492-CV __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator Sean Heidrich filed a mandamus petition asking this Court to compel the Honorable Tracy Gilbert to rule upon the parties’ joint motion to conduct trial via Zoom due to the Covid-19 pandemic. This Court stayed the trial setting while we considered the merits of the mandamus petition.

Relator and the real party in interest have filed a joint motion to dismiss the mandamus proceeding, in which they state that the Honorable Tracy Gilbert has now heard the joint motion. We dissolve our temporary order and grant the joint motion to dismiss. This original proceeding is dismissed without reference to the merits.

PETITION DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on September 2, 2020 Opinion Delivered September 3, 2020 Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.