Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-24 07:08:31.885523+00
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Opinion issued April 18, 2023

                                     In The

                              Court of Appeals
                                    For The

                         First District of Texas
                            ————————————
                              NO. 01-21-00104-CV
                           ———————————
                     GERALD MCWILLIAMS, Appellant
                                       V.
                         JOSHUA WATSON, Appellee

                   On Appeal from the 215th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Case No. 2019-44370

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On September 14, 2021, this Court issued an order staying and abating this

appeal because appellee petitioned for bankruptcy. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2. On May

17, 2022, appellant filed a motion requesting that our Court lift the stay and

abatement because an order of discharge was issued in appellee’s bankruptcy case
on November 23, 2021. On May 18, 2022, appellee filed a motion requesting that

our Court (1) reinstate the appeal and (2) dismiss the appeal because the underlying

claims have been discharged in the bankruptcy. On October 25, 2022, our Court

granted the parties’ requests to reinstate the appeal and ordered appellant to respond

to appellee’s request for dismissal within 30 days. Appellant did not file a response.

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c). We dismiss any

pending motions as moot.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Landau, Countiss, and Guerra.

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