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Pickens v. Thomas

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, Dallas
Jan 12, 2022
No. 05-16-00342-CV (Tex. App. Jan. 12, 2022)

Opinion

05-16-00342-CV

01-12-2022

MICHAEL O'BRIEN PICKENS, Appellant v. JACK M. THOMAS, Appellee


On Appeal from the 192nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-14-06104

Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Molberg, and Justice Goldstein

MEMORANDUM OPINION

ROBERT D. BURNS, III CHIEF JUSTICE

We reinstate this appeal. We abated this appeal in 2016 due to bankruptcy. See Tex. R. App. P. 8.2. The Court conducted an independent review of the federal Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system which shows the bankruptcy case associated with this appeal was terminated on April 20, 2017, effectively dissolving the automatic stay.

We notified the parties by letter, requesting they inform the Court of the status of the bankruptcy and of this appeal. We cautioned that the failure to respond would result in the appeal being dismissed for want of prosecution. See id. 42.3(b), (c). To date, neither party has responded.

Because we gave the parties an opportunity to show why we should not dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution and no one responded, we dismiss this appeal. See id. 42.3(b), (c).

JUDGMENT

In accordance with this Court's opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED.

Judgment entered January 12, 2022


Summaries of

Pickens v. Thomas

Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, Dallas
Jan 12, 2022
No. 05-16-00342-CV (Tex. App. Jan. 12, 2022)
Case details for

Pickens v. Thomas

Case Details

Full title:MICHAEL O'BRIEN PICKENS, Appellant v. JACK M. THOMAS, Appellee

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, Dallas

Date published: Jan 12, 2022

Citations

No. 05-16-00342-CV (Tex. App. Jan. 12, 2022)