in Re Pinnacle Engineering, Inc., Pinnacle Project Services, Inc., Jeffrey A. Ligget, and Terrence F. Townend

OPINION

TERRY JENNINGS, Justice.

Relators, Pinnacle Engineering, Inc. (“PEI”), Pinnacle Project Services, Inc. (“PPSI”), Jeffery A. Liggett, and Terence F. Townend, have filed a petition for writ of mandamus challenging the trial court’s order in the underlying case 1 requiring that they turn over certain computer and network server hard drives and native-format documents. Relators contend that the trial court abused its discretion by compelling discovery without the required evidentiary showing or procedural protections, including “restrictions, limitations or instructions as to what may be…