Christopher L. Sandoval v. Texas Department of Public Safety J. C. Villanueva, Individually and in His Official Capacity And Michelle Farris, Individually and in Her Official Capacity ( 2021 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-20-00290-CV
CHRISTOPHER L. SANDOVAL, APPELLANT
V.
TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY; J. C. VILLANUEVA, INDIVIDUALLY
AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY; AND MICHELLE FARRIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND
IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY, APPELLEES
On Appeal from the 419th District Court
Travis County, Texas
Trial Court No. D-1-GN-18-005881, Honorable Dustin Howell, Presiding
December 30, 2021
ORDER GRANTING STAY
Before QUINN, C.J., and PIRTLE and DOSS, JJ.
Pending before this Court is Christopher L. Sandoval’s Unopposed Motion for Stay
of All Proceedings, which requests that we stay further proceedings in light of the United
State Supreme Court’s granting of certiorari in Torres v. Tex. Dep’t of Pub. Safety, No.
20-603, a cause presenting an identical sovereign immunity issue. To expedite the
disposition of this appeal and in the interest of conservation of judicial resources, we grant
said motion, stay further proceedings in the instant cause, and abate the cause itself. The
cause will be removed from this Court’s active docket and treated as a suspended case.
All appellate deadlines are hereby suspended until further order of this Court. See TEX.
R. APP. P. 2, 43.6; Mesa Water, L.P. v. Tex. Water Dev. Bd., No. 07-11-00153-CV, 2011
Tex. App. LEXIS 5311, at *2–3 (Tex. App.—Amarillo July 13, 2011, order) (per curiam).
The parties are directed to file, within 90 days of this order and each ensuing 90
days, a written report describing both 1) the status and disposition, if any, of Torres and
2) all other developments, if any, that may require reinstatement of the appeal.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Per Curiam
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