Order entered February 11, 2020
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-19-01365-CV
RESIDENTIAL STRATEGIES, INC. AND EDWARD (TED) L. WILSON, JR., Appellants
V.
MEGATEL HOMES, LLC, Appellee
On Appeal from the 68th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-19-08767
ORDER
This is an interlocutory appeal from an order denying, in part, and granting, in part,
appellants’ motion to dismiss the underlying suit pursuant to the Texas Citizens’ Participation
Act (TCPA). Before the Court are (1) appellants’ motion to dismiss appellee’s cross-appeal,
which challenges that portion of the trial court’s order granting appellants’ motion to dismiss
under the TCPA; (2) appellants’ motion for extension of time to file their brief; and, (3) the
parties’ joint motion to abate the appeal. We rule as follows.
We DENY the motion to abate. See In re Geomet Recycling LLC, 578 S.W.3d 82 (Tex.
2019). The appeal will proceed on the record as filed.
We DENY the motion to dismiss the cross-appeal. See D Magazine Partners, L.P. v.
Rosenthal, 529 S.W.3d 429, 441 (Tex. 2017).
We GRANT the extension motion and ORDER appellants to file their opening brief no
later than March 2, 2020.
/s/ BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE