Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas And Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas v. Imperial Fire and Casualty Insurance Company

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-13-00576-CV Glenn Hegar, Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas; and Ken Paxton, Attorney General of the State of Texas, Appellants v. Imperial Fire and Casualty Insurance Company, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 126TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-12-002808, HONORABLE TIM SULAK, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION PER CURIAM Appellants have filed an unopposed motion to abate this appeal pending settlement negotiations.1 We grant the motion and abate the appeal until April 3, 2015. If the parties have finalized a settlement by that date, they are instructed to file a motion to dismiss in accordance with the settlement agreement. If the parties have not finalized a settlement by that date, they are instructed to file a report informing this Court of the status of the appeal and requesting any necessary extension of the abatement. All appellate deadlines will be tolled during the period of abatement. 1 When this appeal was filed, Susan Combs was the Comptroller of Public Accounts of the State of Texas and Greg Abbott was the Attorney General of Texas. Glenn Hegar and Ken Paxton, as successors to these offices, have been automatically substituted as parties to these proceedings. See Tex. R. App. P. 7.2(a). Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Field Abated Filed: March 4, 2015 2