                          NUMBER 13-18-00205-CV

                          COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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PM MANAGEMENT-PORTLAND NC,
LLC D/B/A TRISUN CARE CENTER
COASTAL PALMS AND SENIOR
CARE CENTERS, ET AL.,                                                 Appellants,

                                        v.

BENITA MARTINEZ, INDIVIDUALLY
AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE
OF RUBEN MARTINEZ, DECEASED,                        Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 148th District Court
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                                    ORDER

       Before Justices Rodriguez, Longoria, and Hinojosa
                       Order Per Curiam
      On December 7, 2018, appellants, PM Management-Portland NC, LLC d/b/a

Trisun Care Center Coastal Palms and Senior Care Centers, LLC, filed a suggestion of
bankruptcy and notice of automatic stay in this appeal.             According to the notice,

appellants filed a bankruptcy petition on December 4, 2018, in the United States

Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.

       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.

         IT IS SO ORDERED.

                                                                   PER CURIAM


Delivered and filed the
10th day of December, 2018.




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