Opinion
NUMBER 13-17-00437-CV
04-22-2019
RICARDO VAIZ AND MARIA F. VAIZ, Appellants, v. FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, AURORA BANK, FSB, LEHMAN BROTHERS BANK, FSB, AND NATIONSTAR MORTGAGE LLC, Appellees.
On appeal from the 138th District Court of Cameron County, Texas.
ORDER OF ABATEMENT
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Longoria
Order Per Curiam
On April 16, 2019, appellees filed a notice of bankruptcy in this appeal. According to the notice, Aurora Commercial Corp. and Aurora Loan Services LLC filed bankruptcy petitions on March 24, 2019, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York.
Upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition, an automatic stay becomes effective which prohibits the commencement or continuation of any judicial action or proceeding against the debtor and any property within the debtor's bankruptcy estate. See 11 U.S.C.A. § 362(a). Pursuant to Rule 8.2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the appeal is suspended. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2.
Accordingly, this appeal is ABATED until further order of this Court. Any documents filed subsequent to the bankruptcy petition will remain pending until the appeal is reinstated. The parties are directed to take such action as is appropriate to advise the Court of any change in the status of the bankruptcy proceeding which would affect the status of this appeal, including but not limited to, the filing of a motion to reinstate pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 8.3. See id. 8.3.
PER CURIAM Delivered and filed the 22nd day of April, 2019.