TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-10-00669-CV

Bruce D. Atherton & Associates, P.L.L.C., and Bruce D. Atherton, Appellants v. William Cordes, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF FAYETTE COUNTY, 155TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 2009V-227, HONORABLE DAN R. BECK, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION The parties have filed a joint motion to abate appeal pending approval of a settlement agreement. We grant the motion and abate the appeal for ninety days, until May 5, 2011. On or before that date, the parties are to report to this Court about the status of the underlying cause.

Should the trial court approve the parties’ settlement agreement, the parties are to promptly file a motion to reinstate and dismiss the appeal.

____________________________________ David Puryear, Justice Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Rose Abated Filed: February 4, 2011