Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2018-07-26 23:53:57.517724+00
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Abatement Order filed July 26, 2018

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
                                   ____________

                              NO. 14-16-00838-CV
                                   ____________

  MATTHEW KENDALL AND KENDALL ACQUISITION COMPANY,
                      LLC, Appellants

                                        V.

       TURN-KEY SPECIALIST, INC. AND JAMES T. LEWELLEN,
        INDIVIDUALLY AND JOINTLY AND SEVERALLY, Appellees

                   On Appeal from the 152nd District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2012-72621

                            ABATEMENT ORDER

      Notice was filed on July 2, 2018, that appellee Turn-Key Specialist, Inc. is in
bankruptcy. See Tex. R. App. P. 8.1. According to the notice, on June 7, 2018, Turn-
Key Specialist, Inc. petitioned for voluntary bankruptcy protection in the United
States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas under case number 18-
33170. A bankruptcy suspends the appeal from the date when the bankruptcy
petition is filed until the appellate court reinstates the appeal in accordance with
federal law. Tex. R. App. P. 8.2. Accordingly, we ORDER the appeal abated.

      When a case has been suspended by a bankruptcy filing, a party may move
the appellate court to reinstate the appeal if permitted by federal law or the
bankruptcy court. Tex. R. App. P. 8.3. If the bankruptcy court has lifted or terminated
the stay, a certified copy of the order must be attached to the motion. Id. A party
filing a motion to reinstate shall specify what further action, if any, is required from
this court when the appeal is reinstated. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a).

      For administrative purposes only, and without surrendering jurisdiction, the
appeal is abated and treated as a closed case until further order of this court.

                                    PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Busby, Donovan, and Brown.