In Re TAC Total Automation Controls, Inc., TAC Insumos Industriales, S. De R. De R.L. De C v. Carlos Pablo Lara Elias and Luis Ernesto Martinez Ontiveros v. the State of Texas
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Date FiledJuly 22, 2026
Docket08-26-00111-CV
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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No. 08-26-00111-CV
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In re TAC Total Automation Controls, Inc., TAC Insumos Industriales, S. de R. de
R.L. de C.V., Carlos Pablo Lara Elias and Luis Ernesto Martinez Ontiveros,
Relators
AN ORIGINAL PROCEEDING IN MANDAMUS
M E MO RA N D UM O PI NI O N
On July 17, 2026, Relators TAC Total Automation Controls, Inc., TAC Insumos
Industriales, S. de R. de R.L. de C.V., Carlos Pablo Lara Elias and Luis Ernesto Martinez Ontiveros
filed their “Unopposed Motion to Lift Abatement and Voluntarily Dismiss.” We reinstate the
proceeding and grant Relators’ motion. 1
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On July 2, 2026, we abated this original proceeding to allow the trial court to act on the parties’ joint motion to vacate
the contempt orders, which formed the basis for this proceeding.
According to the motion, as part of the parties’ settlement agreement, they jointly moved
the trial court to vacate the contempt orders that are the subject of this petition for writ of
mandamus. To their motion to dismiss, Relators attach the trial court’s order vacating the contempt
orders at issue and ask that the Court dismiss this original proceeding.
Because the controversy has been resolved, we dismiss this original proceeding as moot.
See In re Gray, 578 S.W.3d 212, 213 (Tex. App.—Tyler 2019, no pet.) (mem. op.) (orig.
proceeding) (“because the parties resolved the dispute presented in this original proceeding, we
grant Relators’ motion to dismiss and dismiss the petition for writ of mandamus as moot”).
LISA J. SOTO, Justice
July 22, 2026
Before Salas Mendoza, C.J., Palafox and Soto, JJ.
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