Larry G. McClendon v. Bobby Springfield

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 23, 2016
• Docket: 05-15-01352-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Order entered August 23, 2016

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-15-01352-CV

LARRY G. MCCLENDON, Appellant

V.

BOBBY SPRINGFIELD, Appellee

On Appeal from the 162nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-13-00488

ORDER Before the Court is appellant’s August 10, 2016 motion to abate the appeal and direct the

trial court to enter findings of fact and conclusion of law. We GRANT the motion.

We ORDER the trial court to file findings of fact and conclusions of law WITHIN

THIRTY DAYS of the date of this order.

We ORDER Felicia Pitre, Dallas County District Clerk, to file, WITHIN FORTY-

FIVE DAYS of the date of this order, a supplemental clerk’s record containing the trial court’s

signed findings of fact and conclusions of law.

Appellant’s brief will be due THIRTY DAYS after the date the supplemental clerk’s

record containing the trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law is filed. We ABATE this appeal for FORTY-FIVE DAYS to allow the trial court to comply with

this order. The appeal will be REINSTATED in forty-five days or when the supplemental

clerk’s record is filed, whichever occurs sooner.

We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a copy of this order to the Presiding Judge

of 162nd Judicial District Court, Ms. Pitre, and all counsel of record.

/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS JUSTICE