COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON ORDER Appellate case name: In re NextGear Capital, Inc. Appellate case number: 01-18-01003-CV Trial court case number: 2017-63452 Trial court: 151st District Court of Harris County Relator, NextGear Capital, Inc., has filed a petition for writ of mandamus challenging the trial court’s order denying its motion to compel arbitration. Relator has also filed a motion to abate the underlying trial court proceedings pending resolution of its petition. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.10(a). We grant relator’s motion to abate the underlying proceedings. See id. 52.10(b). The abatement is effective until the case in this Court is finally decided or the Court otherwise orders the abatement lifted. Any party may file a motion for reconsideration of the abatement. See id. 52.10(c).

Further, the Court requests that the real parties in interest, Alireza Delavari Maryan d/b/a Texas Financial Group, US Financial Auto Credit, LLC, Melissa Webb Bryant, Saeid Hashem-Nezad, Abbas Heidari, Farhad Veilani, and Babak Arvanaghi, MD, respond to the petition for writ of mandamus. It is ordered that the responses, if any, be filed by no later than December 17, 2018.

It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: /s/ Harvey Brown  Acting individually Acting for the Court Date: November 15, 2018