TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-20-00376-CV
Texas General Land Office and George P. Bush, named in his Official Capacity as
Texas Land Commissioner, Appellants
v.
City of Houston, Appellee
FROM THE 53RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-GN-20-003520, THE HONORABLE TIM SULAK, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM
On January 25, 2021, we extended the abatement of this appeal to March 22, 2021,
at the parties’ request. We instructed the parties to file either a status report or motion to dismiss
by March 22.
The parties have filed their Joint Status Report and Fourth Request for Extension
of Abatement. In it, they represent that they have executed certain documents relating to settling
their dispute and are now waiting on (1) a public-comment period for proposed Action Plan
Amendment 8 (APA 8) to end and (2) the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
to approve APA 8 after it will have been submitted to the Department. The parties represent that
they anticipate that these events will transpire by or before June 14, 2021. The parties therefore
seek an extension of the abatement of this appeal through and including June 15, 2021, and an
order “that the Parties file an updated status report or an agreed dismissal on or before” that date.
The Court grants the parties’ request for a fourth abatement extension and extends
the abatement through and including June 15, 2021, subject to any motion that may be made before
that date to reinstate the appeal. The parties are ordered to file another status report, or a motion
to dismiss, by June 15, 2021.
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Baker and Kelly
Abated
Filed: March 30, 2021
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