Michael O'Brien Pickens v. Jack M. Thomas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 12, 2022
• Docket: 05-16-00342-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

DISMISS and Opinion Filed January 12, 2022

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-16-00342-CV

MICHAEL O'BRIEN PICKENS, Appellant V. JACK M. THOMAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 192nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-14-06104

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Molberg, and Justice Goldstein Opinion by Chief Justice Burns We reinstate this appeal. We abated this appeal in 2016 due to bankruptcy.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2. The Court conducted an independent review of the federal

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) system which shows the

bankruptcy case associated with this appeal was terminated on April 20, 2017,

effectively dissolving the automatic stay.

We notified the parties by letter, requesting they inform the Court of the status

of the bankruptcy and of this appeal. We cautioned that the failure to respond would

result in the appeal being dismissed for want of prosecution. See id. 42.3(b),(c). To

date, neither party has responded. Because we gave the parties an opportunity to show why we should not

dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution and no one responded, we dismiss this

appeal. See id. 42.3(b),(c).

/Robert D. Burns, III/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III CHIEF JUSTICE

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MICHAEL O'BRIEN PICKENS, On Appeal from the 192nd Judicial Appellant District Court, Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-14-06104. No. 05-16-00342-CV V. Opinion delivered by Chief Justice Burns. Justices Molberg and JACK M. THOMAS, Appellee Goldstein participating.

In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED.

Judgment entered January 12, 2022

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