In re Alice Byrd

No. 03-25-00668-CV · Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, at Austin · November 26, 2025 · No. 03-25-00668-CV

Summary

The Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, denied Alice Byrd’s petition for writ of injunction seeking to stay foreclosure proceedings involving disputed real property. The court dissolved its prior August 29, 2025 order that had prohibited Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, from disposing of the property while the court considered related proceedings.

Court
Texas Court of Appeals, Third District, at Austin
Writing for the Court
Rosa Lopez Theofanis; Justice Crump; Justice Ellis
Jurisdiction
Texas Court of Appeals, Third District at Austin
Decision date
November 26, 2025
Docket number
03-25-00668-CV
Procedural posture
Original proceeding in which Relator sought emergency injunctive relief to stay scheduled foreclosure proceedings and preserve the status quo during consideration of a motion for rehearing in a related appeal.
Standard of review
Not expressly stated; the court evaluated Relator's entitlement to extraordinary injunctive relief.
Precedential value
Published memorandum opinion; no reporter citation appears in the supplied source.
Parties
Alice Byrd, Relator v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, Respondent
Disposition
writ_denied

Topics

injunctionsforeclosurewrit of certiorariappellate procedurereal estate

Practice areas

civil procedurereal estateforeclosureappellate procedureinjunctions

Questions Presented

  1. Whether Alice Byrd was entitled to an emergency writ of injunction staying foreclosure proceedings and restricting Nationstar Mortgage, LLC's disposition of the subject real property.
  2. Whether the court's August 29, 2025 temporary order preserving the status quo should remain in effect.

Holdings

  1. Alice Byrd was not entitled to the extraordinary relief sought through her petition for writ of injunction.
  2. The court dissolved its August 29, 2025 order that had temporarily prohibited Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, from disposing of the subject property.

Key quotations

Having considered the parties’ filings, the applicable law, and the record, we determine that Relator is not entitled to the extraordinary relief she seeks. (at 2)

Factual background

Foreclosure proceedings were scheduled for September 2, 2025, involving real property that Alice Byrd claimed was legally titled to her. The property was also the subject of an appeal on rehearing in related appellate cause number 03-24-436. To preserve the status quo while considering the rehearing motion, the court temporarily prohibited Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, from selling, conveying, leasing, encumbering, or otherwise disposing of the property.

Procedural history

Alice Byrd filed an emergency motion seeking to stay foreclosure proceedings involving real property that she claimed to own. The court construed the motion as a petition for writ of injunction and issued an August 29, 2025 order temporarily prohibiting Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, from disposing of the property. After considering the parties' filings, applicable law, and record, the court denied the petition and dissolved its prior order.

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