Latrice Harris v. Highland Knolls Community Association

ACCEPTED 01-15-00284-cv FIRST COURT OF APPEALS HOUSTON, TEXAS 4/14/2015 2:22:46 PM CHRISTOPHER PRINE CLERK NO. 01-15-00284-CV FILED IN 1st COURT OF APPEALS IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THEHOUSTON, TEXAS FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON 4/14/2015 2:22:46 PM _________________________________________ CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE Clerk Latrice Harris, Appellant v. Highland Knolls Community Association, Appellee. _________________________________________ APPELLEE HIGHLAND KNOLLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION’S NOTICE OF STAY _________________________________________ From the Civil County Court at Law No. 2 of Harris County, Texas, Trial Court Case No. 908,487 _________________________________________ TO THE HONORABLE COURT: Appellee Highland Knolls Community Association (hereinafter referred to as “Association” or “Appellee”) files this Notice of Stay because of a bankruptcy proceeding and would respectfully show unto the Court as follows: 1 A. INTRODUCTION 1. Appellant is Latrice Harris; appellee is Highland Knolls Community Association. 2. Appellant perfected the appeal on March 25, 2015, when she filed a notice of appeal. B. ARGUMENTS AND AUTHORITIES 3. Appellant is currently the subject of a proceeding under the United States Bankruptcy Code Chapter 13, which is pending in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, In re Latrice Harris, under docket number 15-31978, filed on April 6, 2015. 4. Under the provisions of 11 U.S.C. section 362(a), all proceedings are automatically stayed. C. CONCLUSION 5. Appellant has initiated a bankruptcy proceeding. Therefore, this appeal is automatically stayed. D. PRAYER 6. For these reasons, the Court is required to stay this appeal. 2 Respectfully submitted, ROBERTS MARKEL WEINBERG BUTLER HAILEY PC /s/ Dawn S. Holiday ____________________________________ DAWN S. HOLIDAY TBA No. 24046090 Cliff Davis TBA No. 00792447 2800 Post Oak Blvd, 57th Floor Houston, TX 77056 (713) 840-1666 Fax: (713) 840-9404 dholiday@rmwbhlaw.com cdavis@rmwhbhlaw.com ATTORNEYS FOR APPELLEE, HIGHLAND KNOLLS COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION CERTIFICATE OF COMPLIANCE Pursuant to Rule 9.4 i(3) of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, I certify that the word count in Appellee Highland Knolls Community Association’s Notice of Stay is 156 words. /s/ Dawn S. Holiday _________________________________ Dawn S. Holiday 3 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that pursuant to Tex. R. Civ. P. 21a, a true and correct copy of the foregoing instrument was served upon the parties listed below by fax, delivery service, messenger, mail, and/or through the serving party’s electronic filing service provider, this 14th day of April, 2015. Via Regular Mail and Via Certified Mail/RRR: 7010 2780 0003 0285 3297 Latrice L. Harris (Pro Se) 2310 Enchanted Park Lane Katy, TX 77450 /s/ Dawn S. Holiday ____________________________________ Dawn S. Holiday 4