ConocoPhillips Company v. Leon Oscar Ramirez, Jr., Individually, and Jesus M. Dominguez, as Guardian for Minerva Clementina Ramirez, an Incapacitated Person, Individually ( 2015 )

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04-15-00487-CV
FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
11/18/2015 6:15:15 PM
KEITH HOTTLE
CLERK
NO. 04-15-00487-CV
In the Fourth Court of Appeals FILED IN
4th COURT OF APPEALS
San Antonio, Texas SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS
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11/18/2015 6:15:15 PM
KEITH E. HOTTLE
Clerk
CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY et al.
v.
LEON OSCAR RAMIREZ, JR. et al.
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APPELLEES’ MOTION TO REINSTATE APPEAL
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TO THE HONORABLE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS:
Leon Oscar Ramirez, Jr. and Jesus M. Dominguez, as Guardian for Minerva
Clementina Ramirez, an incapacitated person, Appellees and Cross-Appellants, file this
motion to reinstate the appeal and for cause show:
1. On November 11, 2015, ConocoPhillips Company, defendant in the trial court
and one of the appellants, filed a notice of bankruptcy stating that on October
26, 2015, while this appeal was pending, Leon Oscar Ramirez, Jr., Appellee and
Cross-Appellant in this appeal, filed a petition in bankruptcy, in Case Number
15-50164, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of
Texas, Laredo Division, styled In re Leon Oscar Ramirez, Jr.
2. On November 13, 2015, this Court ordered the appeal abated and removed from
the court’s active docket pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 8.2. The Court also ordered
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that the appeal would be reinstated upon proper motion and proof. Tex. R. App.
P. 8.3.
3. On November 18, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court signed an order lifting the
automatic stay provided by 11 U.S.C. § 362, precisely so that this appeal may
continue to judgment. Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of the
Bankruptcy Court’s order lifting the automatic stay.
4. Therefore, Appellees and Cross-Appellants request that the Court reinstate the
appeal on the Court’s active docket.
/s/ Alberto Alarcon
Alberto Alarcon
State Bar No. 00968425
HALL, QUINTANILLA & ALARCON, LC
P.O. Box 207
1302 Washington
Laredo, Texas 78042-0207
(956) 723-5527
(956) 723-8168 (fax)
aalarcon@sbcglobal.net
Lisa Bowlin Hobbs
State Bar No. 24026905
KUHN HOBBS PLLC
3307 Northland Drive, Suite 310
Austin, Texas 78731
(512) 476-6000
(512) 476-6002 (fax)
lisa@kuhnhobbs.com
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this motion was served on this 18th day
of November, 2015, to the following parties and counsel as designated:
Michael V. Powell via e-service
Locke Lord LLP
2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200
Dallas, Texas 75201
John A. Kazen via e-service
211 Calle del Norte, Suite 100
Laredo, Texas 78041-6237
Bruce J. Werstak, III via e-service
6721 McPherson Road, Suite 360
Laredo, TX 78041
Jesse R. Castillo via e-service
Bank of America Plaza, Suite 1020
300 Convent St.
San Antonio, Texas 78205
/s/ Alberto Alarcon
Alberto Alarcon
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