in Re: Stephen B. Hopper and Laura S. Wassmer ( 2018 )

Order entered July 30, 2018 In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-18-00856-CV IN RE STEPHEN B. HOPPER AND LAURA S. WASSMER, Relators Original Proceeding from the Probate Court No. 1 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. PR-11-03238-1 ORDER Before Justices Lang-Miers, Fillmore, and Stoddart Before the Court is relators’ petition for writ of mandamus. In the petition, relators request that this proceeding be consolidated into cause number 05-18-00558-CV, Stephen B. Hopper and Laura S. Wassmer v. John Malesovas, d/b/a Malesovas Law Firm, and Fee, Smith, Sharp, & Vitullo, LLP. We GRANT the request to consolidate and ORDER cause number 05-18-00856-CV CONSOLIDATED into cause number 05-18-00558-CV. We DIRECT the Clerk of Court to remove all documents from cause number 05-18-00856-CV and refile them in cause number 05- 18-00558-CV and to treat cause number 05-18-00856-CV as a closed case. We ORDER that all future pleadings be filed in and bear only cause number 05-18-00558-CV. We DIRECT appellees / real parties in interest to include their responses, if any, to the petition for writ of mandamus in their appellees’ brief in 05-18-00558-CV, which is due August 15, 2018. /s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS JUSTICE