Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-04-27 07:09:06.877355+00
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In The
                                 Court of Appeals
                        Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

                                         No. 07-23-00058-CV

                                BRITTON ELKINS, APPELLANT

                                                   V.

                      BEACON SALES ACQUISITION, INC., APPELLEE

                         On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1
                                      Tarrant County, Texas
                Trial Court No. 2021-007293-1, Honorable Don Pierson, Presiding

                                           April 20, 2023
                                  ORDER OF ABATEMENT
                     Before QUINN, C.J., and DOSS and YARBROUGH, JJ.

        Appellant, Britton Elkins, appeals from the trial court’s Final Default Judgment.1

On April 13, 2023, Appellee, Beacon Sales Acquisition, Inc., filed a suggestion of

bankruptcy, notifying the Court that Elkins filed a bankruptcy petition in the United States

        1Originally appealed to the Second Court of Appeals, this appeal was transferred to this Court by
the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001.
Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas on January 20. See TEX. R. APP. P.

8.1. The bankruptcy proceeding is styled In re Britton Gill Elkins, case number 23-30199.

       Pursuant to Rule of Appellate Procedure 8.2, we abate the appeal and suspend all

appellate deadlines, including Appellant’s current briefing deadline, until further order of

this Court. The parties may file a motion to reinstate or sever the appeal if permitted by

federal law or the bankruptcy court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.3. The parties shall promptly

inform this Court of the resolution of the bankruptcy proceeding or any other event

authorizing reinstatement of the appeal.

       It is so ordered.

                                                        Per Curiam

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