Chandra Corporation D/B/A Diamond Marquise v. Atashi Jewels, Inc. D/B/A 7 Elements, Atit Patel and Neeta Patel

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 3, 2023
• Docket: 01-22-00270-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

ORDER

Appellate case name: Chandra Corporation d/b/a Diamond Marquise v. Atashi Jewels, Inc. d/b/a 7 Elements, Atit Patel and Neeta Patel

Appellate case number: 01-22-00270-CV

Trial court case number: 18-DCV-250844

Trial court: 458th District Court of Fort Bend County

On October 3, 2022, appellant Chandra Corporation d/b/a Diamond Marquise filed a suggestion of bankruptcy. On October 11, 2022, this Court issued an order staying the appeal in accordance with Rules 8.2 and 8.3. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2, 8.3. On December 9, 2022, appellant filed a motion to lift the stay and reinstate the appeal on the active docket. Appellant attached a copy of an order signed by the judge of the United States Bankruptcy Court, District of New Jersey, in bankruptcy case number 22-17836, vacating the automatic stay for the purpose of allowing this appeal to go forward. Appellant states that it attempted to confer with appellee but had received no response concerning whether appellee opposed this motion. We held the motion for ten days and no opposition was filed. Accordingly, we grant the motion and lift the stay. The appeal is reinstated on the active docket. The court reporter’s request for an extension of time to file the reporter’s record, filed on October 3, 2022, is granted and the reporter’s record shall be filed within 20 days of the date of this order. It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: ___/s/ Richard Hightower______  Acting individually  Acting for the Court

Date: __January 3, 2023_______