in Re FAF Holding Company, L.L.C., IKA Group, L.L.C., NAFS Group Logic L.L.C., and Pearl Hotel Group, L.L.C. ( 2020 )

Petition for Writ of Mandamus Denied and Opinion filed August 13, 2020.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
NO. 14-20-00475-CV
IN RE FAF HOLDING COMPANY, L.L.C.; IKA GROUP, L.L.C.; NAFS
GROUP LOGIC L.L.C.; AND PEARL HOTEL GROUP, L.L.C., Relators
ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
WRIT OF MANDAMUS
240th District Court
Fort Bend County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 18-DCV-256411
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On July 2, 2020, relators FAF Holding Company, L.L.C.; IKA Group,
L.L.C.; NAFS Group Logic L.L.C.; and Pearl Hotel Group, L.L.C., 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
Frank J. Fraley, presiding judge of the 240th District Court of Fort Bend County, to
modify his June 18, 2020 order of abatement and vacate his implied ruling denying
relators’ request for severance.
To be entitled to a writ of mandamus, a relator must show that the trial court
clearly abused its discretion, and that it lacks an adequate remedy by appeal. In re
Dawson, 550 S.W.3d 625, 628 (Tex. 2018) (original proceeding) (per curiam).
Relators contend they have no adequate remedy by appeal because the trial court
failed to sever certain claims. However, the record before this court contains no
ruling on a request for severance. Relators do not contend the trial court has
refused to rule and do not ask this court to compel the trial court to rule on a
request for severance. We therefore conclude relators have not demonstrated the
trial court’s order of abatement deprives them of an adequate remedy by appeal.
The petition is denied.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Wise, Bourliot, and Spain.
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