Báez v. Villegas

Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

From the 37th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2016CI02694
Honorable David A. Canales, Judge Presiding

In this appeal, Appellee Gilberto Villegas advised this court that Appellants Edgardo R. Baez and The Baez Law Firm filed a suggestion of bankruptcy. The suggestion discloses that Appellants filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas under Case No. 18-51281-cag on June 1, 2018. See 11 U.S.C. § 362 (2012); TEX. R. APP. P. 8.1.

Accordingly, this appeal and all time periods under the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure are stayed from the date the bankruptcy petition was filed in the bankruptcy court. See 11 U.S.C. § 362 ("Automatic stay"); TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2.

This appeal is ABATED. For administrative purposes, the appeal will be treated as a closed case unless and until it is reinstated in accordance with Rule 8.3 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.3.

/s/_________

Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 15th day of June, 2018.

/s/_________

KEITH E. HOTTLE,

Clerk of Court