Opinion
13-23-00118-CV
05-21-2024
MOHAMMAD AL-BARNAWI, Appellant, v. AARON BENBOW, Appellee.
ON APPEAL FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 5 OF NUECES COUNTY, TEXAS
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Peña, J.
ORDER OF ABATEMENT
PER CURIAM.
On May 16, 2024, appellant Mohammad Al-Barnawi filed a suggestion of bankruptcy and notice of automatic stay in this appeal. According to the notice, appellant filed a bankruptcy petition on July 28, 2023, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Corpus Christi Division.
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.