In Re La Joya Independent School District v. the State of Texas

CourtCourt of Appeals of Texas
DecidedMarch 4, 2025
Docket13-25-00107-CV
StatusPublished

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Opinion

NUMBER 13-25-00107-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

IN RE LA JOYA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT

ON PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Silva, Peña, and Cron Memorandum Opinion by Justice Peña1

On February 25, 2025, relator La Joya Independent School District filed a second

amended petition for writ of mandamus asserting that the trial court abused its discretion

by entering an ex parte temporary restraining order. By order issued that same day, this

Court requested the real party in interest, Adriana Villarreal, to file a response to the

petition for writ of mandamus within ten days. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.2, 52.4, 52.8.

1 See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(d) (“When denying relief, the court may hand down an opinion but is not

required to do so. When granting relief, the court must hand down an opinion as in any other case.”); id. R. 47.4 (distinguishing opinions and memorandum opinions). However, on March 3, 2025, relator advised the Court that the temporary restraining order

at issue was no longer in effect and requested that we dismiss this original proceeding.

The Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus,

relator’s motion, and the applicable law, is of the opinion that this original proceeding has

been rendered moot. See In re Contract Freighters, Inc., 646 S.W.3d 810, 813 (Tex. 2022)

(orig. proceeding) (per curiam); Heckman v. Williamson County, 369 S.W.3d 137, 162

(Tex. 2012); In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., 166 S.W.3d 732, 737 (Tex. 2005) (orig.

proceeding). Accordingly, we withdraw our request for Villarreal to file a response to the

petition for writ of mandamus, we grant relator’s motion, and we dismiss this original

proceeding as moot.

L. ARON PEÑA JR. Justice

Delivered and filed on the 4th day of March, 2025.

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