Sanjay Joshi v. Southlake Automotive, LLC

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-19-00222-CV
SANJAY JOSHI, APPELLANT
V.
SOUTHLAKE AUTOMOTIVE, LLC, APPELLEE
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2016-006369-1, Honorable Don Pierson, Presiding
June 21, 2019
ORDER OF ABATEMENT
Before QUINN, C.J., and CAMPBELL and PARKER, JJ.
Appellant, Sanjay Joshi, appeals from a take-nothing judgment against both
appellant and appellee, Southlake Automotive, LLC. Appellee has filed a cross-appeal.
The judgment was originally appealed to the Second Court of Appeals. By letter of May
21, 2019, the Second Court of Appeals advised the parties of its intent to refer the matter
to mediation and directed the parties to select a mediator. On June 4, 2019, the parties
notified the Second Court of Appeals that they had agreed upon a mediator. The appeal
was subsequently transferred to this Court by order of the Texas Supreme Court. TEX.
GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (West 2013).
Accordingly, to expedite the possible disposition of this appeal and in the interest
of conservation of judicial resources, we abate the appeal and suspend all appellate
deadlines. This cause will be removed from our active docket and treated as a closed
case until August 20, 2019, or until further order of this Court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 2, 43.6.
The parties are directed to advise this Court of the status of the mediation by August 20,
2019.
It is so ordered.
Per Curiam
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