In Re Shankar Rajagopalan v. the State of Texas

Opinion

Opinion issued June 10, 2025

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-24-00957-CV ——————————— IN RE SHANKAR RAJAGOPALAN, Relator

Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Relator Shankar Rajagopalan has filed a petition for writ of mandamus,

requesting that we order the trial court to vacate its October 2, 2024 sanctions order

regarding spoliation of evidence. 1

1 The underlying case is Shankar Rajagopalan v. The Viswa Group, LLC d/b/a Viswa Group, Innova R&D Corp., Chekit Labs, Inc., and Ramaratnam Visweswaran, cause number 2022-06457, pending in the 80th District Court of Harris County, the Honorable Jeralynn Manor presiding. We deny mandamus relief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(a). We dismiss any

pending motions as moot.

Panel consists of Justices Rivas-Molloy, Guiney, and Morgan.