Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2022

A.H.D. Houston, Inc. D/B/A Centerfolds Dwg Fm Inc. D/B/A Splendor D. Houston Inc. D/B/A Treasures A.H.D. Houston, Inc. D/B/A Centerfolds And W.L. York, Inc. D/B/A Cover Girls, Incorrectly Named as A.H.D.Houston, Inc. D/B/A Centerfolds Dwg Fm Inc.,d/B/A Splendor D. Texas Investments, Inc. D/B/A Treasures A.H.D. Houston, Inc. D/B/A Treasures And W.L. York, Inc. D/B/A Treasures v. Jaime Middleton Cora Skinner Jamillette Gaxiola, Jennifer Zharinova Jessica Hinton Lina Posada Lucy Pinder Paola Canas Sandra Valencia Tiffany TothCielo Jean Gibson Maysa Qui Elizabeth Turner Emily Sears Gemma Lee Farrell and Jaclyn Swedberg

A.H.D. Houston, Inc. D/B/A Centerfolds Dwg Fm Inc. D/B/A Splendor D. Houston Inc. D/B/A Treasures A.H.D. Houston, Inc. D/B/A Centerfolds And W.L. York, Inc. D/B/A Cover Girls, Incorrectly Named as A.H.D.Houston, Inc. D/B/A Centerfolds Dwg Fm Inc.,d/B/A Splendor D. Texas Investments, Inc. D/B/A Treasures A.H.D. Houston, Inc. D/B/A Treasures And W.L. York, Inc. D/B/A Treasures v. Jaime Middleton Cora Skinner Jamillette Gaxiola, Jennifer Zharinova Jessica Hinton Lina Posada Lucy Pinder Paola Canas Sandra Valencia Tiffany TothCielo Jean Gibson Maysa Qui Elizabeth Turner Emily Sears Gemma Lee Farrell and Jaclyn Swedberg
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided June 21, 2022

A.H.D. Houston, Inc. D/B/A Centerfolds Dwg Fm Inc. D/B/A Splendor D. Houston Inc. D/B/A Treasures A.H.D. Houston, Inc. D/B/A Centerfolds And W.L. York, Inc. D/B/A Cover Girls, Incorrectly Named as A.H.D.Houston, Inc. D/B/A Centerfolds Dwg Fm Inc.,d/B/A Splendor D. Texas Investments, Inc. D/B/A Treasures A.H.D. Houston, Inc. D/B/A Treasures And W.L. York, Inc. D/B/A Treasures v. Jaime Middleton Cora Skinner Jamillette Gaxiola, Jennifer Zharinova Jessica Hinton Lina Posada Lucy Pinder Paola Canas Sandra Valencia Tiffany TothCielo Jean Gibson Maysa Qui Elizabeth Turner Emily Sears Gemma Lee Farrell and Jaclyn Swedberg

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON ORDER Appellate case name: A.H.D. Houston, Inc. d/b/a Centerfolds; Dwg Fm Inc. d/b/a Splendor; D. Houston Inc. d/b/a Treasures; A.H.D. Houston, Inc. d/b/a Centerfolds; and W.L. York, Inc. d/b/a Cover Girls Appellate case number: 01-22-00176-CV Trial court case number: 2017-71429 Trial court: 157th District Court of Harris County On April 15, 2022, appellants filed a motion to abate this appeal to permit the parties to engage in mediation. This Court granted the motion and ordered the appeal abated until June 16, 2022. The Court requested a status report from the parties on or before June 16, 2022.

On June 16, 2022, the parties filed a joint status report advising this Court that the mediation took place on May 17, 2022 and no settlement was reached. The parties also filed a joint motion to reinstate the appeal on the active docket.

The motion to reinstate is granted. The abatement is lifted and the appeal is ordered returned to the active docket.

The clerk’s record was filed on April 6, 2022, but the reporter’s record has not yet been filed. The docketing statement filed by appellant indicates that the reporter’s record has been requested and payment arrangements for preparation of the reporter’s record have been made.

Accordingly, the Court orders the court reporter to file the reporter’s record within 30 days of the date of this order.

It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: ___/s/ Richard Hightower_____  Acting individually  Acting for the Court

Date: __June 21, 2022______

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