In Re Angela Bass v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: March 5, 2026
• Docket: 01-26-00198-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued March 5, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00198-CV ——————————— IN RE ANGELA BASS, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On February 27, 2026, Relator Angela Bass filed a petition for writ of

mandamus asking this Court to compel the trial court to vacate its October 20, 2025

order granting a writ of sequestration.1 Relator acknowledges that the trial court

1 The underlying case is Mercedes-Benz Financial Services USA LLC v. Angela Petrice Bass, cause number 2025-66164, pending in the 165th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Bruce Bain presiding. voided the challenged order on December 29, 2025, but argues she is entitled to the

same relief by mandamus.

We dismiss the mandamus petition as moot because Relator has received the

relief sought in her petition, and we cannot compel the trial court to vacate an order

it has already vacated. See In re Bridger Ins. Servs., No. 01-25-00249-CV, 2025

WL 1460732, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] May 22, 2025, orig.

proceeding) (dismissing mandamus petition as moot because trial court vacated

challenged order and relator “received the relief sought” in its petition); In re

Navarro, No. 14-24-00064-CV, 2024 WL 1514591, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston

[14th Dist.] Apr. 9, 2024, orig. proceeding) (same). We further dismiss any pending

motions as moot.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Gunn and Johnson.