in Re Sweet Melissa's WE, Ltd, LAPT, Inc., and Leawood Plaza Apartments

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed May 15, 2018.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14-18-00298-CV

IN RE SWEET MELISSA’S WE, LTD, LAPT, INC., AND LEAWOOD PLAZA APARTMENTS, Relators

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING

WRIT OF MANDAMUS

434th Judicial District Court

Fort Bend County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 15-DCV-223678

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On April 16, 2018, relators Sweet Melissa’s WE, Ltd, LAPT, Inc., and Leawood Plaza Apartments filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 22.221 (West Supp. 2017); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the Honorable James H. Shoemake, presiding judge of the 434th Judicial District Court of Fort Bend County, to vacate his March 16, 2018 order, which requires relators to produce to the court in camera a copy of any potential applicable insurance policy.

To obtain mandamus relief, a relator must show that the trial court clearly abused its discretion. In re Prudential Ins. Co. of Am., 148 S.W.3d 124, 135 (Tex. 2004) (orig. proceeding). Relators have not shown that the trial court clearly abused its discretion. We therefore deny relators’ petition for writ of mandamus.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Busby, Brown, and Jewell.