COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON ORDER Appellate case name: SK Plymouth, LLC and SK E&P Operations America, LLC and Joey Jun v. Jean Elizabeth Simmons Appellate case number: 01-19-00433-CV Trial court case number: 2019-03233 Trial court: 189th District Court of Harris County This is an interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s order denying appellants, SK Plymouth, LLC and SK E&P Operations America, LLC, and Joey Jun’s, motion to compel arbitration. Appellants filed a motion to stay proceedings in the trial court pending this appeal. Appellee, Jean Elizabeth Simmons, filed a response, asking that we limit the stay to trial proceedings. Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 29.5 prohibits a trial court from making an order that “interferes with or impairs the jurisdiction of the appellate court or effectiveness of any relief sought or that may be granted on appeal.” TEX. R. APP. P. 29.5(b). Rule 29.3 allows an appellate court to make any temporary orders necessary to preserve the parties’ rights until disposition of the appeal. TEX. R. APP. P. 29.3. After consideration of the parties’ arguments, we grant the motion to stay. Further proceedings in the trial court are STAYED pending disposition of this appeal or further order of this Court. It is so ORDERED. Judge’s signature: __/s/ Richard Hightower_____ Acting individually Acting for the Court Date: ___October 22, 2019__