Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2025

In Re Dorsal Services, Inc. and Clinton Edward McNiel, Jr. v. the State of Texas

In Re Dorsal Services, Inc. and Clinton Edward McNiel, Jr. v. the State of Texas
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided November 5, 2025

In Re Dorsal Services, Inc. and Clinton Edward McNiel, Jr. v. the State of Texas

Opinion

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas November 5, 2025 No. 04-25-00678-CV IN RE DORSAL SERVICES, INC. and Clinton Edward McNiel, Jr. Original Proceeding 1 ORDER Sitting: Adrian A. Spears II, Justice H. Todd McCray, Justice Velia J. Meza, Justice Relators filed their petition for writ of mandamus and emergency motion for temporary relief on October 21, 2025. We issued an order granting a stay of the trial setting in the underlying matter and requesting briefing from the real party in interest and respondent on October 23, 2025.

Relator has since filed a motion to dismiss asserting that the underlying dispute has been settled.

We grant the motion to dismiss. The temporary stay is LIFTED. The motion for temporary relief is DENIED AS MOOT. The petition for writ of mandamus is DISMISSED.

It is so ORDERED on November 5, 2025.

_____________________________ H. Todd McCray, Justice IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 5th day of November, 2025.

_____________________________ Caitlin A. McCamish, Clerk of Court

This proceeding arises out of Cause No. 11,221, styled Priscilla C. Cuellar v. Clinton Edward McNiel, Jr. and Dorsal Services, Inc., pending in the 49th Judicial District Court, Zapata County, Texas, the Honorable Jose A. Lopez presiding.

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