in Re Nancy Carmen Curnel & Ronald Curnel

Opinion

Opinion issued January 13, 2023

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-23-00011-CV ——————————— IN RE NANCY CARMEN CURNEL & RONALD CURNEL, Relators

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relators, Nancy Carmen Curnel and Ronald Curnel, have filed a petition for

writ of mandamus challenging the trial court’s December 14, 2022 oral denial of

relators’ motion for sanctions seeking default judgment and to strike pleadings.1 In

conjunction with the petition, relators have filed a motion requesting an emergency

1 The underlying case is Nancy Carmen Curnel and Ronald Curnel v. Houston Methodist Hospital-Willowbrook, et al., cause number 2016-36453, pending in the 55th District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Latosha Lewis Payne presiding. stay of the underlying trial court proceedings. We deny the mandamus petition and

dismiss the stay motion as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Kelly, Landau, and Hightower.