TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-21-00498-CV

Sterling Hampton, Appellant v. GDS Associates, Inc. and Hi-Line Engineering, Appellees

FROM THE 53RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY NO. D-1-GN-21-004768, THE HONORABLE LORA J. LIVINGSTON, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM Appellant Sterling Hampton and Appellees GDS Associates, Inc. and Hi-Line Engineering have filed a joint motion to abate the appeal pending the parties’ agreed mediation of the dispute. We abate this appeal to allow the parties to conduct the scheduled mediation. See Tex. R. App. P. 2 (appellate court may suspend rule’s operation in particular case and order different procedure). The parties shall submit either a joint status report concerning the status of settlement negotiations or a motion to reinstate on or before August 22, 2022. The appeal will remain abated until further order of this Court.

Before Justices Goodwin, Baker, Triana Abated Filed: July 22, 2022