In re Dancar Energy Construction, LLC

Summary

The Texas Eleventh Court of Appeals granted Dancar Energy Construction, LLC’s motion for a temporary stay of a trial court order requiring production of four documents deemed nonprivileged. The court also authorized Dancar to file the documents under seal for in camera review in the pending mandamus proceeding.

Holdings

1. The court granted the relator's motion for a temporary stay and stayed the March 31, 2021 order until further order of the court or final resolution of the original proceeding.
2. The court permitted the relator to file the four identified documents under seal for in camera review and authorized the relator to request that the district clerk file them under seal if e-filing was not possible.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should temporarily stay the district court's March 31, 2021 production order while considering the mandamus petition.
2. Whether the relator should be permitted to file the four disputed documents under seal for in camera review.

Disposition

other