                          NUMBER 13-19-00548-CV

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                      CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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LEROY RAMIREZ,                                                              Appellant,

                                           v.

BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; SETERUS,
INC.; AND FEDERAL NATIONAL
MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION,                              Appellees.
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             On appeal from the 156th District Court
                     of Bee County, Texas.
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                                      ORDER
  Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Hinojosa and Tijerina
                         Order Per Curiam

      Appellant, Leroy Ramirez, filed a notice of appeal from a judgment entered by the

156th District Court of Bee County on July 26, 2019. Appellant has filed a docketing

statement which indicates that a bankruptcy petition was filed September 25, 2013, in the
United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Texas and the filing for

protection of bankruptcy might affect this appeal.

       Upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition, an automatic stay becomes effective which

prohibits the commencement or continuation of any judicial action or proceeding against

the debtor and any property within the debtor's bankruptcy estate. See 11 U.S.C.A. §

362(a). Pursuant to Rule 8.2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the appeal is

suspended. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2.

       Accordingly, this appeal is ABATED until further order of this Court.                Any

documents filed subsequent to the bankruptcy petition will remain pending until the appeal

is reinstated. The parties are directed to take such action as is appropriate to advise the

Court of any change in the status of the bankruptcy proceeding which would affect the

status of this appeal, including but not limited to, the filing of a motion to reinstate pursuant

to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 8.3. See id. 8.3.



                                                    PER CURIAM


Delivered and filed the
21st day of November, 2019.




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