In Re Yan Z. Zou and James Zou v. the State of Texas
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Opinion
Opinion issued May 5, 2026
In The
Court of Appeals For The
First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00247-CV ——————————— IN RE YAN Z. ZOU AND JAMES ZOU, Relators
Original Proceeding on Petition for Writ of Mandamus
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Relators, Yan Z. Zou and James Zou, filed a petition for writ of mandamus
challenging two trial court orders, including (1) a February 12, 2026 “Order of
Turnover and Appointment of Receiver for James Zou” and (2) a February 27, 2026
order permitting real party in interest, Travis Vargo, the court-appointed receiver, to
sell property located at 17827 S. Blue Heron Circle, Montgomery, Texas 77316, in connection with his efforts to satisfy the underlying trial court judgment.1 On April
21, 2026, relators filed a “Motion to Dismiss” their petition for writ of mandamus.
In their motion, relators requested that the “Court dismiss th[e] original proceeding
and take no further action.”
The motion includes a certificate of conference stating that real party in
interest, Todd Garrett, is agreed to the relief requested in the motion, but that relator
attempted to confer with real party in interest, Travis Vargo, and he had not
responded to advise relator if he was opposed to dismissal of the original proceeding.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.1(a)(5). However, more than ten days have passed, and no
party has responded to the motion. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.3(a)(2).
We grant relators’ motion and dismiss relators’ petition for writ of mandamus.
We dismiss any pending motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Guerra and Guiney.
1 The underlying case is Todd Garrett v. James Zou a/k/a Jian Z. Zou a/k/a James J. Zou a/k/a Jian Zhong Zou a/k/a Jianzhong Zou, Cause No. 2011-75656A, in the 133rd District Court of Harris County, Texas, the Honorable Nicole Perdue presiding.
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