NUMBER 13-18-00205-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
____________________________________________________________
PM MANAGEMENT-PORTLAND NC,
LLC D/B/A TRISUN CARE CENTER
COASTAL PALMS AND SENIOR
CARE CENTERS, ET AL., Appellants,
v.
BENITA MARTINEZ, INDIVIDUALLY
AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE
OF RUBEN MARTINEZ, DECEASED, Appellee.
____________________________________________________________
On appeal from the 148th District Court
of Nueces County, Texas.
____________________________________________________________
ORDER
Before Justices Rodriguez, Longoria, and Hinojosa
Order Per Curiam
On December 7, 2018, appellants, PM Management-Portland NC, LLC d/b/a
Trisun Care Center Coastal Palms and Senior Care Centers, LLC, filed a suggestion of
bankruptcy and notice of automatic stay in this appeal. According to the notice,
appellants filed a bankruptcy petition on December 4, 2018, in the United States
Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Texas.
Upon the filing of a bankruptcy petition, an automatic stay becomes effective which
prohibits the commencement or continuation of any judicial action or proceeding against
the debtor and any property within the debtor's bankruptcy estate. See 11 U.S.C.A. §
362(a). Pursuant to Rule 8.2 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the appeal is
suspended. See TEX. R. APP. P. 8.2.
Accordingly, this appeal is ABATED until further order of this Court. Any
documents filed subsequent to the bankruptcy petition will remain pending until the appeal
is reinstated. The parties are directed to take such action as is appropriate to advise the
Court of any change in the status of the bankruptcy proceeding which would affect the
status of this appeal, including but not limited to, the filing of a motion to reinstate pursuant
to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 8.3. See id. 8.3.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the
10th day of December, 2018.
2