TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-07-00027-CV

Frederic A. Gladle, Appellant v. Dustin Leifheit, Samantha Leifheit and Darryl Leifheit, Appellees

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 345TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-06-003026, HONORABLE GISELA D. TRIANA, JUDGE PRESIDING

NO. 03-07-00028-CV

Frederic A. Gladle Management Trust; Frederic A. Gladle Living Trust; Barbara E. Gladle; Barbara Lynne Gladle Management Trust; Barbara Lynne Gladle Living Trust; Alan Lynne Family Trust; LT Entertainment Center, LP; LT Entertainment Group, LLC; Alan Lynne Family Partnership; Meriport Capital, Inc.; and Train, Inc., Appellants v. Dustin Leifheit, Samantha Leifheit, and Darryl Leifheit, Appellees

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 98TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-06-003987, HONORABLE GISELA D. TRIANA, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

These appeals were consolidated for purposes of briefing and oral argument, if any.

Appellants have filed an unopposed motion to extend time to file their brief. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d). However, appellants also state in their motion that they and appellees have reached a settlement in principle and need the additional time to reduce the terms of the settlement to writing, thus alleviating the need to file briefs at all. In order to allow the parties adequate time to draft their settlement documents without having to ask for multiple extensions, we will abate the case. The parties should file a status report in thirty days to inform us if additional time is necessary or if we need to set a briefing schedule because they were unable to finalize the settlement. Of course, a motion to dismiss based on settlement may be filed at any time.

__________________________________________ W. Kenneth Law, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Law, Justices Puryear and Pemberton Abated Filed: August 23, 2007