John Scoggins v. Wyatt Holliday and Kathryn Page

Order entered May 20, 2021

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-21-00190-CV JOHN SCOGGINS, Appellant V.

WYATT HOLLIDAY, ET AL., Appellees

On Appeal from the 160th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-19-10313 ORDER

We questioned our jurisdiction over this appeal because appellee Wyatt Holliday has counterclaims that remain pending. The parties agree the judgment is not final. Before the Court is Holliday’s May 19, 2021 motion to abate so that he may file a notice of nonsuit of his counterclaims. We GRANT the motion as follows. We ABATE this appeal for thirty days to allow Holliday to file a notice of nonsuit of his counterclaims and obtain an order granting the nonsuit.

We ORDER Dallas County District Clerk Felicia Pitre to file, within thirty-five days of the date of this order, a supplemental clerk’s record containing either an order of nonsuit or written verification that the trial court has not signed an order of nonsuit. Should we receive written verification that the trial court has not signed an order of nonsuit, the Court will dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a copy of this order to the Honorable Aiesha Redmond, Presiding Judge of the 160th Judicial District Court; Ms. Pitre; and, all parties.

This appeal will be reinstated in thirty-five days from the date of this order or when the requested supplemental clerk’s record is filed, whichever occurs sooner.

/s/ KEN MOLBERG

JUSTICE