In Re Latonya Shand and Renford D. Balfour v. the State of Texas
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Opinion
Opinion issued April 17, 2026
In The
Court of Appeals For The
First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00394-CV ——————————— IN RE LATONYA SHAND AND RENFORD D. BALFOUR, Relators
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On April 16, 2026, Relators Latonya Shand and Renford D. Balfour filed a
petition for writ of mandamus requesting that this Court compel the district court to
rule on their “Combined Motion for New Trial, Stay of Judgment and Waiver of
Bond,” which Relators purport was filed on March 27, 2026 and heard by the district court at a hearing held on April 14, 2026.1 Relators’ mandamus petition further
requests that this Court grant an emergency stay of “all execution and foreclosure
proceedings in the underlying case.”
We deny the petition for writ of mandamus. All pending motions and requests
for relief related to the petition, including Relators’ request for an emergency stay,
are denied.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Gunn, Caughey, and Morgan.
1 The underlying case is Windstone Colony Community Association, Inc. v. Latonya Shand and Renford D. Balfour, cause number 2024-75760, pending in the 127th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Denise Brown presiding. 2
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