TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-09-00566-CV

David Fernea, Appellant v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith, Inc., Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 200TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-09-002195, HONORABLE JOHN K. DIETZ, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

On February 26, 2013, the parties’ filed their joint status report on abatement, requesting that the case continue to be abated until September 1, 2013, due to ongoing settlement negotiations. The request is granted, and the case will remain abated until further order of this Court.

The parties shall submit either a motion to reinstate or a joint status report concerning the status of settlement negotiations no later than September 1, 2013.

_____________________________________________ J. Woodfin Jones, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Puryear and Pemberton Abated Filed: March 22, 2013