Dallas Independent School District and Mike Morath, the Texas Commissioner of Education v. Erik Tosten

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-20-00326-CV
DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MIKE MORATH, THE TEXAS
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, APPELLANTS
V.
ERIK TOSTEN, APPELLEE
On Appeal from the 419th District Court
Travis County, Texas
Trial Court No. D-1-GN-19-004374, Honorable Catherine A. Mauzy, Presiding
No. 07-20-00327-CV
DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT; AND MIKE MORATH, TEXAS
COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLANTS
V.
VERONICA ARISPE, LENNITTA GILBERT, MARY KENNEDY, ROSA M. RIVERA, LISA
THEISS, AND RU-MIN WANG, APPELLEES
On Appeal from the 200th District Court
Travis County, Texas
Trial Court No. D-1-GN-19-004370, Honorable Catherine A. Mauzy, Presiding
March 31, 2021
ORDER GRANTING STAY
Before QUINN, C.J., and PIRTLE and PARKER, JJ.
Pending before this Court is Appellant’s Unopposed Motion for Reconsideration of
the Motion to Stay Appeals, which requests that we abate and stay these appeals pending
the Texas Supreme Court’s review of Davis v. Morath, a related case. Upon further
consideration and in the interest of conservation of judicial resources, we grant the motion
and abate the appeals until August 2, 2021. All appellate deadlines, including the pending
deadline for appellants’ briefs, are suspended. The cases will be removed from our active
docket and treated as suspended cases until August 2, 2021, when the cases will be
reinstated. 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).
If any development arises that might cause the Court to reinstate the cases prior
to the August 2, 2021 reinstatement date, the parties are directed to immediately advise
the Court of the development. Upon reinstatement of the cases, the Court will entertain
a motion to further abate the appeals should the need be present to do so.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Per Curiam
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