Metropolitan Water Company, LP v. Blue Water Systems, LP and Blue Water Vista Ridge, LLC

Abatement Order filed November 30, 2021

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________

NO. 14-20-00524-CV ____________

METROPOLITAN WATER COMPANY, LP, Appellant

V.

BLUE WATER SYSTEMS, LP AND BLUE WATER VISTA RIDGE, LLC, Appellees

On Appeal from the 21st District Court Burleson County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 37412

ABATEMENT ORDER

Notice was filed on November 22, 2021, that appellant is in bankruptcy. Tex. R. App. P. 8.1. According to the notice, on November 22, 2021, appellant petitioned for voluntary bankruptcy protection in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas, Austin Division, under case number 21- 10903. A bankruptcy suspends the appeal from the date when the bankruptcy petition is filed until the appellate court reinstates the appeal in accordance with federal law. Tex. R. App. P. 8.2. Accordingly, we ORDER the appeal abated.

When a case has been suspended by a bankruptcy filing, a party may move the appellate court to reinstate the appeal if permitted by federal law or the bankruptcy court. Tex. R. App. P. 8.3. If the bankruptcy court has lifted or terminated the stay, a certified copy of the order must be attached to the motion. Id. A party filing a motion to reinstate shall specify what further action, if any, is required from this court when the appeal is reinstated. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.1(a).

For administrative purposes only, and without surrendering jurisdiction, the appeal is abated and treated as a closed case until further order of this court.

PER CURIAM

Panel Consists of Justices Wise, Spain, and Hassan.