                             NUMBER 13-14-00446-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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DEAN SPRINGER AND INTEGRITY
FINANCIAL GROUP, INC.,                                                       Appellants,

                                            v.

LYDIA TUMMEL, ET. AL.,                             Appellees.
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             On appeal from the 332nd District Court
                   of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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                         ORDER ABATING APPEAL
             Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Benavides
                             Order Per Curiam

       On August 20, 2014, appellant, Dean Springer, filed a notice of bankruptcy in this

appeal. According to the notice, appellant filed a bankruptcy petition on June 3, 2014, in

the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Central District of California.
       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 August, 2014.




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