Larry G. McClendon v. Bobby Springfield

Order entered August 23, 2016

In The

Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05-15-01352-CV

LARRY G. MCCLENDON, Appellant

V.

BOBBY SPRINGFIELD, Appellee

On Appeal from the 162nd Judicial District Court

Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-13-00488 ORDER

Before the Court is appellant’s August 10, 2016 motion to abate the appeal and direct the trial court to enter findings of fact and conclusion of law. We GRANT the motion.

We ORDER the trial court to file findings of fact and conclusions of law WITHIN THIRTY DAYS of the date of this order.

We ORDER Felicia Pitre, Dallas County District Clerk, to file, WITHIN FORTY- FIVE DAYS of the date of this order, a supplemental clerk’s record containing the trial court’s signed findings of fact and conclusions of law.

Appellant’s brief will be due THIRTY DAYS after the date the supplemental clerk’s record containing the trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law is filed.

We ABATE this appeal for FORTY-FIVE DAYS to allow the trial court to comply with this order. The appeal will be REINSTATED in forty-five days or when the supplemental clerk’s record is filed, whichever occurs sooner.

We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a copy of this order to the Presiding Judge of 162nd Judicial District Court, Ms. Pitre, and all counsel of record.

/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS

JUSTICE