TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-07-00172-CV

International Metal Sales, Inc., Appellant

v.

Global Steel Corporation and Global Steel Corp., Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY, 368TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 05-566-C368, HONORABLE BURT CARNES, JUDGE PRESIDING

M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N

Appellant International Metal Sales, Inc., has filed a notice of bankruptcy. The filing of a bankruptcy petition automatically stays these proceedings. See 11 U.S.C. § 362(a) (2004); Tex. R. App. P. 8.2. Accordingly, we abate this appeal. It is the parties' responsibility to notify the Court as soon as possible if an event occurs that would allow reinstatement. See Tex. R. App. P. 8.3.

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Bob Pemberton, Justice

Before Justices Patterson, Puryear and Pemberton

Bankruptcy

Filed: January 17, 2008