Opinion
NO. 14-17-00732-CV
11-10-2020
HARRIS COUNTY, TEXAS AND KEVIN VAILES, Appellants v. BARBARA COATS, INDIVIDUALLY, AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF JAMAIL AMRON, DECEASED, AND ALI AMRON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS HEIR TO THE ESTATE OF JAMAIL AMRON, DECEASED, Appellees
On Appeal from the 80th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2012-55551
ABATEMENT ORDER
On November 2, 2020, appellees filed a notice in this court advising that appellant, Kevin Vailes, filed a petition for voluntary bankruptcy on October 16, 2020 in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas under case number 20-35034-H5-7. Tex. R. App. P. 8.1. A bankruptcy suspends the appeal from the date when the bankruptcy petition is filed until the appellate court reinstates the appeal in accordance with federal law. Tex. R. App. P. 8.2. Accordingly, we ORDER this appeal ABATED.
When a case has been suspended by a bankruptcy filing, a party may move the appellate court to reinstate the appeal if permitted by federal law or the bankruptcy court. Tex. R. App. P. 8.3. If the bankruptcy court has lifted or terminated the stay, a certified copy of the order must be attached to the motion to reinstate the appeal. Id. A party filing a motion to reinstate shall specify what further action, if any, is required from this court when the appeal is reinstated. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a).
For administrative purposes only, and without surrendering jurisdiction, the appeal is abated and treated as a closed case until further order of this court.
PER CURIAM Panel Consists of Justices Christopher, Wise, Jewell.