In Re: Jerral W. Jones v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 13, 2024
• Docket: 05-24-00241-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Dismiss and Opinion Filed August 13, 2024

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-24-00241-CV

IN RE: JERRAL W. JONES, Relator

Original Proceeding from the 302nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DF-22-06306

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Partida-Kipness, Nowell, and Miskel Opinion by Justice Miskel Before the Court is relator Jerral W. Jones’s August 9, 2024 unopposed

motion requesting that this Court dismiss his petition for writ of mandamus. In the

motion, relator informs the Court that relator and real party in interest Alexandria

Davis have agreed to settle all disputes between them, including the underlying

action, and that the trial court below signed an agreed order of dismissal with

prejudice on July 29, 2024, dismissing all of real party in interest’s claims with

prejudice and vacating and denying as moot all prior orders and relief in the

underlying proceedings. Relator further informs the Court that all parties have

agreed to bear their own costs in this original proceeding. Accordingly, the issues raised in relator’s petition for writ of mandamus have

been rendered moot. See In re Nat’l Sur. Corp., No. 05-19-01119-CV, 2023 WL

5621843, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas Aug. 31, 2023, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.)

(concluding that dismissal of case below rendered trial court’s order moot and, in

turn, rendered original proceeding moot).

We grant relator’s unopposed motion to dismiss, and we dismiss this petition

for writ of mandamus.

/Emily A. Miskel/ EMILY A. MISKEL JUSTICE 240241F.P05

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