Opinion
05-24-00091-CV
06-03-2024
STANSLY MAPONGA AND CHRISTINA MAPONGA, Appellants v. AKROM ENTERPRISES LLC, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2 Collin County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 002-03818-2023.
ORDER
ROBERT D. BURNS, III, CHIEF JUSTICE
This appeal, challenging the trial court's January 22, 2024 forcible detainer judgment, was abated following the March 15, 2024 bankruptcy filing of appellant Christina Maponga. Before the Court is appellants' May 31, 2024 motion to reinstate the appeal. In the motion, appellants inform the Court that the bankruptcy case has been dismissed, and asserting appellee and appellee's counsel took "actions . . . . in violation of th[e bankruptcy] stay," including disposing of appellants' possessions, request we "address the violations of the abatement order and ensure the return of their possessions."
We GRANT the motion TO THE EXTENT we REINSTATE the appeal. See 11 U.S.C. § 362(b)(22) (filing of bankruptcy petition does not operate as stay of continuation of any eviction by lessor against debtor involving residential property in which the debtor resides as tenant under lease or rental agreement and with respect to which lessor has obtained, before date bankruptcy petition filed, judgment against debtor for possession of such property).
We note that the reporter's record has not been filed because appellants have not requested it. Accordingly, we ORDER appellants to file written verification they have requested the record no later than June 13, 2024. We caution appellants that failure to comply may result in the appeal being submitted without the reporter's record. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(c).