Mark E. Johnston v. Stephen D. Jackson

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 8, 2021
• Docket: 09-20-00005-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-20-00005-CV __________________

MARK E. JOHNSTON, Appellant

V.

STEPHEN D. JACKSON, Appellee

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On Appeal from the 284th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 19-08-10701-CV __________________________________________________________________

ORDER

On March 4, 2021, the appellant, Mark E. Johnston, and the appellee, Stephen

D. Jackson, jointly filed an agreed motion to abate the appeal and order mediation.

The parties have agreed to attend mediation before an agreed mediator and expect a

resolution of the dispute that is the subject of this appeal. The motion to abate is

granted to allow the parties to mediate the matter. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code

Ann. § 154.021.

1 We abate the appeal until June 7, 2021. If a settlement has been reached by

that date, we instruct the parties to file a motion to reinstate and dispose of the appeal

in accordance with their settlement agreement. If mediation does not result in a

settlement by that date, we instruct the parties to file a report informing this Court

and request that the appeal be reinstated. All appellate timetables are suspended until

the appeal is reinstated. If the appeal is reinstated without a settlement having been

reached, the brief of the appellee will be due thirty days after the appeal is reinstated.

ORDER ENTERED March 8, 2021.

PER CURIAM

Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.