In Re Michael B. Martin and Martin Walton Law Firm v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 16, 2024
• Docket: 01-23-00483-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued April 16, 2024

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-23-00483-CV ——————————— IN RE MICHAEL B. MARTIN AND MARTIN WALTON LAW FIRM, Relators

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relators, Michael B. Martin and Martin Walton Law Firm, filed a petition

for writ of mandamus challenging the trial court’s June 2, 2023 order granting the

request of real party in interest 3M Company to take pre-suit depositions and to

obtain documents from Martin and the law firm pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 202.1 Relators’ petition sought “a stay and reversal of [the June 2, 2023

order] authorizing 3M Company to conduct Rule 202 Pre-Suit Depositions of

Michael B. Martin, individually, and as a corporate representative of Martin

Walton Law Firm . . . and to produce records[.]”

Our review of relators’ mandamus petition reflects that relators have failed

to establish that they are entitled to mandamus relief. Accordingly, we deny

relators’ petition for writ of mandamus. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a). We lift our

stay order of June 30, 2023. All pending motions are dismissed as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Goodman, Landau, and Hightower.

Justice Goodman, concurring in the result.

1 The underlying case is 3M Company v. Michael B. Martin and Martin Walton Law Firm, cause number 23-CV-0488, pending in the 10th District Court of Galveston County, Texas, the Hon. Kerry L. Neves, presiding. 2