Removal to federal court - ABATED: Opinion by Justice Puryear (Before Justices Patterson, Puryear and Henson)

John Koo-Hyun Kim v. Judge Lee Yeakel, Andrew Austin, Jung-Kuen Kim, Tae-Sik Lee, Steve McCrow, Johnny Sutton, Gary L. Anderson, Anthony Brown, Michael Chertoff, Alberto Gonzales and Judge Margaret Cooper--Appeal from 353rd District Court of Travis County

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 353RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. D-1-GN-07-000665, HONORABLE MARGARET A. COOPER, JUDGE PRESIDING
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
Appellant filed his notice of appeal on May 21, 2007. On December 27, 2007, appellees informed this Court that on March 23, 2007, the underlying cause was removed to and is currently pending in federal court. Appellees attached copies of both the notice of removal and an order signed by the federal court on April 19, 2007, denying appellant's motion to reconsider the removal.
Once a case is removed to federal court, state courts may not take any further action. 28 U.S.C.A. § 1446(d) (West 1994); Meyerland Co. v. Federal Deposit Ins. Co., 848 S.W.2d 82, 83 (Tex. 1993). We therefore abate the cause and will treat it as a closed case. The cause may be reinstated if a party files a prompt motion showing that the cause has been remanded to state court or informing us that the case has been concluded at the federal level.
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David Puryear, Justice
Before Justices Patterson, Puryear and Henson
Abated
Filed: February 22, 2008