Abatement Order filed September 27, 2011.

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________ NO. 14-10-01244-CV ____________ CITY OF HOUSTON, Appellant V. CLAUDINE M. ANELLO, ET. AL., Appellees

On Appeal from the 281st District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2008-20504

ABATEMENT ORDER On September 22, 2011, the parties notified this court that the parties are negotiating an agreement to settle the issues on appeal, and requested that the appeal be abated for completion of the negotiations. The motion is granted. Accordingly, we issue the following order.

The appeal is abated, treated as a closed case, and removed from this court’s active docket until October 10, 2011. The appeal will be reinstated on this court’s active docket at that time, or when the parties file a motion to dismiss the appeal or other dispositive motion. The court will also consider an appropriate motion to reinstate the appeal filed by either party, or the court may reinstate the appeal on its own motion.

PER CURIAM