ConocoPhillips Company v. Leon Oscar Ramirez, Jr., Individually, and Jesus M. Dominguez, as Guardian for Minerva Clementina Ramirez, an Incapacitated Person, Individually

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ACCEPTED 04-15-00487-CV FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS 11/18/2015 6:15:15 PM KEITH HOTTLE CLERK NO. 04-15-00487-CV In the Fourth Court of Appeals FILED IN 4th COURT OF APPEALS San Antonio, Texas SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS __________________________________________________________________ 11/18/2015 6:15:15 PM KEITH E. HOTTLE Clerk CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY et al. v. LEON OSCAR RAMIREZ, JR. et al. __________________________________________________________________ APPELLEES’ MOTION TO REINSTATE APPEAL __________________________________________________________________ TO THE HONORABLE FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS: Leon Oscar Ramirez, Jr. and Jesus M. Dominguez, as Guardian for Minerva Clementina Ramirez, an incapacitated person, Appellees and Cross-Appellants, file this motion to reinstate the appeal and for cause show: 1. On November 11, 2015, ConocoPhillips Company, defendant in the trial court and one of the appellants, filed a notice of bankruptcy stating that on October 26, 2015, while this appeal was pending, Leon Oscar Ramirez, Jr., Appellee and Cross-Appellant in this appeal, filed a petition in bankruptcy, in Case Number 15-50164, in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas, Laredo Division, styled In re Leon Oscar Ramirez, Jr. 2. On November 13, 2015, this Court ordered the appeal abated and removed from the court’s active docket pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 8.2. The Court also ordered 1 that the appeal would be reinstated upon proper motion and proof. Tex. R. App. P. 8.3. 3. On November 18, 2015, the Bankruptcy Court signed an order lifting the automatic stay provided by 11 U.S.C. § 362, precisely so that this appeal may continue to judgment. Attached hereto is a true and correct copy of the Bankruptcy Court’s order lifting the automatic stay. 4. Therefore, Appellees and Cross-Appellants request that the Court reinstate the appeal on the Court’s active docket. /s/ Alberto Alarcon Alberto Alarcon State Bar No. 00968425 HALL, QUINTANILLA & ALARCON, LC P.O. Box 207 1302 Washington Laredo, Texas 78042-0207 (956) 723-5527 (956) 723-8168 (fax) aalarcon@sbcglobal.net Lisa Bowlin Hobbs State Bar No. 24026905 KUHN HOBBS PLLC 3307 Northland Drive, Suite 310 Austin, Texas 78731 (512) 476-6000 (512) 476-6002 (fax) lisa@kuhnhobbs.com 2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a true and correct copy of this motion was served on this 18th day of November, 2015, to the following parties and counsel as designated: Michael V. Powell via e-service Locke Lord LLP 2200 Ross Avenue, Suite 2200 Dallas, Texas 75201 John A. Kazen via e-service 211 Calle del Norte, Suite 100 Laredo, Texas 78041-6237 Bruce J. Werstak, III via e-service 6721 McPherson Road, Suite 360 Laredo, TX 78041 Jesse R. Castillo via e-service Bank of America Plaza, Suite 1020 300 Convent St. San Antonio, Texas 78205 /s/ Alberto Alarcon Alberto Alarcon 3