Michael A. Rice v. Austin Rice Sammy Cockerell Will R. Shumann Carl Whitworth Dorthy J. Rice Marion Robert "Bob" Rice Cindy Rice Dorthy J. Rice Sheila Rice Hemphill Charlotte Rice Finley Rice Ranch, Ltd And Rice Ranch Management, L.L.C.
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Opinion
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-21-00290-CV
Michael A. Rice, Appellant
v.
Austin Rice; Sammy Cockerell; Will R. Shumann; Carl Whitworth; Dorthy J. Rice; Marion Robert “Bob” Rice; Cindy Rice; Dorthy J. Rice; Sheila Rice Hemphill; Charlotte Rice Finley; Rice Ranch, Ltd; and Rice Ranch Management, L.L.C.; Appellees
FROM THE 452ND DISTRICT COURT OF MCCULLOCH COUNTY NO. 2018187, THE HONORABLE ROBERT R. HOFMANN, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM
On April 1, 2022, appellees filed a Suggestion of Bankruptcy indicating that
appellant Michael A. Rice has initiated Chapter 11 proceedings in the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the Western District of Texas and informing this Court that Rice’s appeal is
automatically stayed pursuant to federal law. See generally 11 U.S.C. § 362 (2020) (providing
automatic stay of “commencement or continuation, including the issuance or employment of
process, of a judicial, administrative, or other action or proceeding against the debtor that was or
could have been commenced before the commencement of the [Chapter 11] case” and outlining
scope of and exceptions to such stay). Rice subsequently confirmed the pendency of those
bankruptcy proceedings and then stipulated to the abatement of his appeal “until such time as the stay is lifted and the bankruptcy court expressly permits the appeal to proceed.” Accordingly,
the Court abates this cause pending further action by Rice, who is ordered to update this Court as
to the status of the bankruptcy proceedings and any effects on this appeal on or before
November 1, 2022. His failure to do so may result in dismissal of this appeal. See Tex. R. Civ.
P. 42.3.
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Kelly and Smith
Bankruptcy
Filed: May 18, 2022
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