Blake Bierhaus v. Centurion Selection LLC

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: February 19, 2026
• Docket: 01-25-00864-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued February 19, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-25-00864-CV ——————————— BLAKE BIERHAUS, Appellant V. CENTURION SELECTION LLC, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Civil Court at Law No. 4 Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 1238023

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This is an appeal from an order, signed October 1, 2025, granting the motion

for summary judgment of appellee Centurion Selection, LLC. The order stated it

was a final order disposing of all parties and claims. Appellant Blake Bierhaus has

not paid the fee for the clerk’s record or the required filing fee and has not established indigence for purposes of appellate costs. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 20.1 (indigence),

37.3(b) (allowing dismissal of appeal if no clerk’s record filed due to appellant’s

fault); see also TEX. GOV’T CODE §§ 51.207, 51.208, 51.851(b), 51.941(a); Order

Regarding Fees Charged in the Supreme Court, in Civil Cases in the Courts of

Appeals, and Before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation, and in the

Business Court, Misc. Docket No.24-9047 (Tex. July 26, 2024), reprinted in TEX.

R. APP. P. app. A § B(1) (listing fees in courts of appeals).

Appellant failed to respond to our notices of November 7, 2025 (non-payment

of filing fee) and December 10, 2025 (non-payment for clerk’s record), which

advised appellant that, should he not pay the fee for the clerk’s record or the filing

fee or establish indigence, this appeal was subject to dismissal. See TEX. R. APP. P.

5 (allowing enforcement of rule), 37.3(b) (allowing dismissal of appeal if no clerk’s

record filed due to appellant’s fault), 42.3(c) (allowing involuntary dismissal of

case). Appellant has not responded to this Court’s notices.

We dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3, 43.2(f). We dismiss any

pending motions as moot.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Caughey, and Dokupil.