                                      In The

                               Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-16-00475-CV
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                    IN RE ROBERT CHARLES KRAMER


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                              Original Proceeding
                317th District Court of Jefferson County, Texas
                          Trial Cause No. F-225,237
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                                     ORDER

      Robert Charles Kramer filed a petition for writ of mandamus. The relator is

a party in Cause Number F-225,237, In the Matter of the Marriage of Robert

Charles Kramer and Nancy Lynn Kramer and in the Interest of S.L.K., a child. Part

of the relief sought by the relator is a writ compelling the Honorable Larry Thorne,

Judge of the 317th District Court of Jefferson County, Texas, to vacate an order

requiring him to respond to discovery requests made in connection with a contempt



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hearing. We note our jurisdiction over this matter and the parties. See Tex. Gov’t

Code Ann. § 22.221 (West 2004).

      Relator requests a stay of the trial court’s order as temporary relief. See Tex.

R. App. P. 52.10(a). The Court finds temporary relief is necessary to prevent undue

prejudice. It is ORDERED that the trial court’s order requiring Relator to respond

to requests for admission is STAYED until our Opinion issues or until further

order of this Court. See Tex. R. App. P. 52.10(b). No bond is required of the relator

as a condition to any relief herein granted.

      The response of the real party in interest, Nancy Lynn Kramer, is due

December 27, 2016.

      MOTION FOR TEMPORARY RELIEF GRANTED.

      ORDER ENTERED December 15, 2016.


                                                                PER CURIAM




Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.




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