
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS


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                                 No. 09-0483
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               Benjie Smith D/B/A Oak Cliff Metals, Petitioner

                                     v.

                           Dass, Inc., Respondent

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         On Motion for Extension of Time to File Petition For Review
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      ORDER

      1.    Pursuant to the notice of bankruptcy filed with  this  Court  on
July 10, 2009, this case is ABATED.  Tex. R. App. P. 8.2.
      2.    This case is removed from the Court's active  docket  until  and
shall be treated as closed, subject to  reinstatement  upon  proper  motion.
Tex. R. App. P. 8.3  All motions and other documents pending  or  filed  are
abated subject to being reurged in the event the case is  reinstated.   Tex.
R. App. P. 8.2 and 8.3.  It is the parties'  responsibility  to  immediately
notify this Court once the automatic bankruptcy stay is lifted.

      Done at the City of Austin, this 16th day of July, 2009.

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                                       Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk
                                       Supreme Court of Texas


                                       By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk




