in Re Hogan Lovells US, LLP

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 26, 2019
• Docket: 01-17-00975-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued March 26, 2019

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-17-00975-CV ——————————— IN RE HOGAN LOVELLS US, LLP, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION Relator, Hogan Lovells US, LLP, filed a petition for writ of mandamus.

Relator seeks to compel the respondent district judge to vacate his order that

compelled relator to produce certain non-privileged documents, and to vacate the

order denying relator’s motion for clarification in the underlying proceeding.1 This

1 The underlying case is American General Life Insurance Company, et al. v. Schahin Petroleo E Gas S.A., et al., Cause No. 2017-19016, pending in the 333rd District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Daryl L. Moore presiding. Court granted a stay of the challenged orders, requested and received a response, a

reply, and a sur-reply.

Mandamus is an extraordinary remedy, available only when the relator can

show both that: (1) the trial court clearly abused its discretion or violated a duty

imposed by law and (2) there is no adequate remedy by way of appeal. In re Ford

Motor Co., 165 S.W.3d 315, 317 (Tex. 2005). Relator has failed to show a clear

abuse of discretion.

Accordingly, we lift the stay imposed by this Court and deny the petition. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a), (d), 52.10(b).

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Keyes, Higley, and Landau.