Emergency TRO in Manor Case
An emergency movement for a brief restraining order ( Emergency TRO ) landed within the Manor election lawsuit, in accordance with a submitting equipped to NewsBlaze on October 29, 2025. The movement cites the underlying trial trigger D-1-GN-25-000719 within the 459th District Court docket of Travis County and references the associated enchantment 15-25-00142-CV earlier than Texas’s Fifteenth Court docket of Appeals.
The case facilities on former mayoral candidate Robert Edward Battaile’s problem to elements of the 2024 Manor municipal election. His appellate temporary, filed Oct. 12, 2025, seeks oral argument and focused aid. Right this moment’s TRO submitting asks for short-term measures whereas the enchantment runs its course. These are his requests to the courts, not court docket rulings.
The emergency movement is titled “Emergency Movement for TRO — Full,” dated Oct. 29, 2005, and lists trial trigger D-1-GN-25-000719; it cross-references appellate No. 15-25-00142-CV. NewsBlaze has requested docket confirmations from the Fifteenth Court docket and the Travis County District Clerk.
Plaintiff/relator/appellant Robert Edward Battaile seeks a brief restraining order to protect “establishment” and forestall “irreparable” loss whereas the enchantment proceeds. He additionally asks the court docket to rule on his pending movement for partial abstract judgment within the election contest and to assign the case to 1 choose for continuity.
The submitting lists seven websites it says face “imminent” threat:
• Martin McVey Cemetery / Legacy Efficiency Capital
• James B. Manor Homestead (Las Entradas; Manor MF)
• Manor Grocery / Maqil Inc. (Foremost Road)
• Manor Downs / DG Manor Downs – Dalfen Industrial
• Boyce Road / BuildBlock.io
• Clayton Vocational Institute / Manor Library
• Parsons Faculty for Ladies / Manor ISD Excel Campus
The movement cites Texas Rule of Civil Process 680 and Texas Authorities Code §24.007 for injunctive authority, and references reveals tied to every web site. It asks to bar demolition, grading, tree removing, conveyance, or bodily alterations throughout the TRO interval, whereas permitting restricted security work that doesn’t disturb buildings or soils.
It additionally asks the court docket to resolve the partial summary-judgment movement on the election contest “forthwith,” or set an evidentiary listening to inside seven days, and to enter closing judgment on these points beneath TRCP 301.
The movement consists of an unsworn declaration by Battaile dated October 29, 2025, and a certificates of service reflecting same-day e-service to counsel and companies listed.
Background and Prior Protection
Earlier reporting famous the enchantment docket (15-25-00142-CV) and linked filings that ask for information dealing with orders and short-term preservation measures. HoustonNewsToday lined the 2024 mayoral runoff dispute and Battaile’s claims in December 2024.
What Is a TRO
A TRO is a short-term order a court docket can concern to protect the established order and forestall instant hurt till it may well maintain a fuller listening to. It doesn’t resolve the case’s deserves.
Subsequent Steps
On Oct. 30, 2025 (CT), NewsBlaze requested remark and information from the Metropolis of Manor, Knights Legislation Agency (Metropolis Lawyer), the Texas Secretary of State (Elections Division), CapMetro, Dalfen Industrial, and the Fifteenth Court docket of Appeals. This report will replace with any responses or orders.
Responses
The Fifteenth Court docket’s Clerk, Christopher A. Prine, confirmed on Oct. 31, 2025, that the associated enchantment is 15-25-00142-CV and a separate mandamus is 15-25-00153-CV. Filings and orders seem on the general public portal, although the enchantment’s clerk and reporter information will not be obtainable for obtain there.
