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August 9, 2024 

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THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS
Orders Pronounced August 9, 2024
 
ORDERS ON CASES GRANTED
THE FOLLOWING CERTIFIED QUESTIONS FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT ARE ACCEPTED:
24-0616
CHERYL BUTLER v. JENNIFER M. COLLINS; STEVEN C. CURRALL; ROY P. ANDERSON; JULIE P. FORRESTER; HAROLD STANLEY; PAUL WARD; SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY (U.S. Fifth Circuit 23-10072)
 
[Note: This case has been set for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., October 31, 2024.]
Time allotted to argue: 20/20 minutes
 
24-0627
ROGELIO BARRON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ANTHONY BARRON, DECEASED; MARIA BARRON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ANTHONY BARRON, DECEASED v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals case no. 23-50515)
 
[Note: This case has been set for oral argument at 9:00 a.m., October 31, 2024.]
Time allotted to argue: 20/20 minutes
ORDERS ON PETITIONS FOR REVIEW
THE FOLLOWING PETITIONS FOR REVIEW ARE DENIED:
24-0412
EVAN MCSHIRLEY AND D’ANN DAGEN v. LEILANI LUCAS; from Parker County; 2nd Court of Appeals District (02-23-00229-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 03-07-24)
 
24-0486
IN THE INTEREST OF S.A.R.P. AND J.M.R.P., CHILDREN; from Bexar County; 4th Court of Appeals District (04-23-01035-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 05-15-24)
 
counsel's motion to withdraw granted
 
24-0495
ANTONIUS ANU BEY v. BRIAN MOYNIHAN AND BANK OF AMERICA N.A., ET AL.; from Dallas County; 5th Court of Appeals District (05-23-00954-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 04-09-24)
 
24-0518
INTELITRAC, INC. v. UMB FIN. CORP., UMB BANK, N.A., ZACH FEE, NICK ARTHACHINDA, KEVIN VON ATZIGEN; from Dallas County; 5th Court of Appeals District (05-22-00635-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 03-19-24)
 
24-0599
IN THE INTEREST OF X.R. AND X.A., CHILDREN; from Potter County; 7th Court of Appeals District (07-24-00046-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 06-10-24)
 
motion to dismiss with prejudice dismissed as moot, as amended
THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR REVIEW IS ABATED:
24-0224
JORDAN ROGERS v. BENJAMIN DAVID BRYAN; from Montgomery County; 9th Court of Appeals District (09-23-00214-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 02-08-24)
 
abatement order issued

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Note: Effective June 5, 2024, the case is abated pursuant to TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2 until further order of this Court and is removed from the Court's active docket, subject to reinstatement upon proper motion. TEX. R. APP. P. 8.3. All motions and other documents pending or filed are abated subject to being reurged in the event the case is reinstated. TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2, 8.3. It is the parties' responsibility to immediately notify this Court once the automatic bankruptcy stay is lifted.]
MISCELLANEOUS
THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS IS DENIED:
24-0535
IN RE MARY RUFFIN; from Galveston County; 14th Court of Appeals District (14-24-00021-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 04-09-24)
THE FOLLOWING PETITION FOR WRIT OF MANDAMUS IS DISMISSED:
24-0046
IN RE META PLATFORMS, INC.; from Harrison County; 6th Court of Appeals District (06-24-00002-CV, ___ SW3d ___, 01-16-24)
 
abatement order issued June 7, 2024, lifted
mandamus reinstated
unopposed motion to dismiss granted
stay order issued January 29, 2024, lifted