Christopher L. Sandoval v. Texas Department of Public Safety J. C. Villanueva, Individually and in His Official Capacity And Michelle Farris, Individually and in Her Official Capacity

In The

Court of Appeals

Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo

No. 07-20-00290-CV

CHRISTOPHER L. SANDOVAL, APPELLANT

V.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; J. C. VILLANUEVA, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; AND MICHELLE FARRIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, APPELLEES

On Appeal from the 419th District Court Travis County, Texas

Trial Court No. D-1-GN-18-005881, Honorable Dustin Howell, Presiding December 30, 2021

ORDER GRANTING STAY

Before QUINN, C.J., and PIRTLE and DOSS, JJ.

Pending before this Court is Christopher L. Sandoval’s Unopposed Motion for Stay of All Proceedings, which requests that we stay further proceedings in light of the United State Supreme Court’s granting of certiorari in Torres v. Tex. Dep’t of Pub. Safety, No. 20-603, a cause presenting an identical sovereign immunity issue. To expedite the disposition of this appeal and in the interest of conservation of judicial resources, we grant said motion, stay further proceedings in the instant cause, and abate the cause itself. The cause will be removed from this Court’s active docket and treated as a suspended case. All appellate deadlines are hereby suspended until further order of this Court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2, 43.6; Mesa Water, L.P. v. Tex. Water Dev. Bd., No. 07-11-00153-CV, 2011 Tex. App. LEXIS 5311, at *2–3 (Tex. App.—Amarillo July 13, 2011, order) (per curiam).

The parties are directed to file, within 90 days of this order and each ensuing 90 days, a written report describing both 1) the status and disposition, if any, of Torres and 2) all other developments, if any, that may require reinstatement of the appeal.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Per Curiam