in Re Randall Crowder

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 24, 2021
• Docket: 03-21-00604-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-21-00604-CV

In re Randall Crowder

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY

ORDER

PER CURIAM

In this mandamus proceeding, Relator Randall Crowder requests as emergency

relief the temporary stay of the trial court’s November 19, 2021 Amended Order on Defendant

Crowder’s Continued Contempt (Amended Order).

We grant the motion for emergency relief. To preserve the status quo while the

Court considers the merits of the petition for writ of mandamus, the trial court’s November 19,

2021 Amended Order is stayed, pending further order of this Court. During the pendency of this

temporary stay, Relator is ORDERED (1) to maintain and not to destroy or relinquish possession

of the electronic storage devices (business and personal) and data storage locations (business and

personal) that are the subject of the Amended Order, and (2) to preserve and not to delete or

obscure relevant data from those data storage devices and locations.

The real parties in interest shall have until December 10, 2021, to file a response

to the petition for writ of mandamus. The real parties in interest may also request

reconsideration of the emergency relief. It is so ORDERED on November 24, 2021.

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana, and Kelly