In Re Wilma Reynolds and Carl Gordon v. the State of Texas

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Memorandum Opinion filed
October 4, 2024.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

NO. 14-24-00715-CV

IN RE WILMA REYNOLDS AND CARL GORDON, Relators

ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
152nd District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2017-83411

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024, relators Wilma Reynolds and Carl Gordon
filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. §
22.221; see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relators ask this court to
compel the Honorable Colleen Gaido, presiding judge of the 337th District Court,
sitting by referral in place of the Honorable Robert Schaffer, presiding judge of the
152nd District Court, to vacate three orders: (1) an August 27, 2024 “Order
Compelling Discovery Responses from Plaintiff Wilma Reynolds’ attorney Carl
Gordon”; an August 30, 2024 “Order of Civil Contempt and Committing Carl W.
Gordon to Harris County Jail, Suspending Commitment and Resetting Hearing”;
and (3) a September 9, 2024 “Order Appointing Receiver and Master.”

Relators have not established that they are entitled to mandamus relief.
Accordingly, we deny relators’ petition for writ of mandamus.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher, Justices Spain and Poissant. (J. Spain
dissenting with opinion to follow).

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