Opinion
04-23-00680-CV
01-16-2024
ETC TEXAS PIPELINE, LTD., Appellant/Cross-Appellee v. SILVERBOW RESOURCES OPERATING, LLC and El Dorado Gas & Oil, Inc., Appellees/Cross-Appellants
From the 343rd Judicial District Court, McMullen County, Texas Trial Court No. M-14-0029-CV-C Honorable Janna K. Whatley, Judge Presiding
ORDER
Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
On January 8, 2024, Appellee/Cross-Appellant El Dorado Gas & Oil, Inc. filed a notice of bankruptcy. The notice states on December 22, 2023, it filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, in Case No. 23-51715-JAW, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Mississippi, and the bankruptcy proceeding is currently pending. The notice complies with Rule 8 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure and Local Rule 4 of the Fourth Court of Appeals.
The court takes no action on the filing. We order the appeal abated, removed from this court's active docket, and treated as a closed case for administrative purposes. See Tex. R. App. P. 8.2; 4th Tex.App. (San Antonio) Loc. R. 4. The appeal will be reinstated only upon proper motion and proof. See Tex. R. App. P. 8.3(a); 4th Tex.App. (San Antonio) Loc. R. 4. All motions and other documents pending or filed are abated subject to being re-urged in the event the case is reinstated.
We further order the clerk of this court to send copies of this order to the trial court clerk, the court reporter, and the attorneys of record.