Texas General Land Office, and George P. Bush, Named in His Official Capacity as Texas Land Commissioner v. City of Houston ( 2021 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-20-00376-CV Texas General Land Office and George P. Bush, named in his Official Capacity as Texas Land Commissioner, Appellants v. City of Houston, Appellee FROM THE 53RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY NO. D-1-GN-20-003520, THE HONORABLE TIM SULAK, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION PER CURIAM On March 30, 2021, we extended the abatement of this appeal to June 15, 2021, at the parties’ request. We instructed the parties to file either a status report or motion to dismiss by June 15. The parties have filed their Joint Status Report and Fifth Request for Extension of Abatement. In it, they represent that they have executed certain documents relating to settling their dispute and are waiting on the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to approve Action Plan Amendment 8. The parties represent that they anticipate that the approval will be had by or before June 20, 2021. The parties therefore seek an extension of the abatement of this appeal through and including July 15, 2021, and an order “that the Parties file an updated status report or an agreed dismissal on or before” that date. The Court grants the parties’ request for a fifth abatement extension and extends the abatement through and including July 15, 2021, subject to any motion that may be made before that date to reinstate the appeal. The parties are ordered to file another status report, or a motion to dismiss, by July 15, 2021. Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Baker and Kelly Abated Filed: June 24, 2021 2