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 July 3, 2014, the parties filed their joint status report on abatement, requesting that the abatement of this appeal continue until October 3, 2014, due to ongoing settlement negotiations.

The request is granted, and the appeal will remain abated until further order of this Court. The parties shall submit either a joint status report concerning the status of settlement negotiations or a motion to dismiss the appeal on or before October 3, 2014.

_____________________________________________ J. Woodfin Jones, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Jones, Justices Puryear and Pemberton Abated Filed: July 10, 2014