In Re Roger Giles v. the State of Texas

NUMBER 13-23-00101-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG IN RE ROGER GILES On Petition for Writ of Mandamus. OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Silva and Peña Opinion by Justice Peña1 By petition for writ of mandamus, relator Roger Giles seeks to compel the trial court to vacate several orders granting motions to dismiss under the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA), an anti-SLAPP statute. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. §§ 27.001–.011. We conditionally grant the petition for writ of mandamus. 1 See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.8(d) (“When…