                             NUMBER 13-17-00164-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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SEARS, ROEBUCK AND CO.,                                                      Appellant,

                                            v.

TERESA HAYS,                                        Appellee.
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          On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                                      ORDER
          Before Justices Rodriguez, Contreras, and Benavides
                           Order Per Curiam

      On October 24, 2018, appellant, Sears, Roebuck and Co., filed a notice of

bankruptcy filing and imposition of automatic stay in this appeal. According to the notice,

appellant filed a bankruptcy petition on October 15, 2018, in the United States Bankruptcy

Court for the Southern District of New York.
       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
29th day of November, 2018.




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