John Mason Hughes v. Easy Street Capital, LLC; Russell Frost, Trustee; Hornet Capital, LLC; And Patrick E. Hudson, Trustee

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-26-00199-CV

John Mason Hughes, Appellant

v.

Easy Street Capital, LLC; Russell Frost, Trustee; Hornet Capital, LLC; and Patrick E.
Hudson, Trustee, Appellees

FROM THE 459TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-GN-18-005944, THE HONORABLE MAYA GUERRA GAMBLE, JUDGE PRESIDING

SUPPLEMENTAL ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM

We abated this appeal and remanded this case to the trial court for an evidentiary

hearing determining whether Hughes is unable to pay costs. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 145(b).

Appellee Hornet Capital has filed a motion to extend the abatement period for three months in

the interest of judicial economy so that the trial court may also determine the parties’ dispute

over post-judgment-discovery directed to the proper amount of Hughes’s supersedeas bond or

deposit. See Tex. R. App. P. 24.2(c)(2). Hughes’s motion to quash concedes that Hornet

Capital’s discovery addresses “the exact same subject” as the motion that Hughes filed with this

Court seeking exemption from payment of costs in this appeal.

We grant the motion and extend the abatement of this appeal. The reporter’s

record and supplemental clerk’s record with the trial court’s detailed findings and order
determining whether Hughes is unable to pay costs must be filed by August 24, 2026. See Tex.

R. Civ. P. 145(f). The appeal will be reinstated when those supplemental records are filed.

It is ordered on May 26, 2026.

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Theofanis and Ellis

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