Erica D. Haywood v. Galveston County

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: April 28, 2026
• Docket: 01-26-00049-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued April 28, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00049-CV ——————————— ERICA D. HAYWOOD, Appellant V. GALVESTON COUNTY, ET AL, Appellee

On Appeal from the 212th District Court Galveston County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 13-TX-0523

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Erica D. Haywood neither established indigence, nor paid all the

required fees. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases unless

indigent), 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing indigence), 34.1; see also TEX.

R. CIV. P. 145; see also TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 51.207, 51.208, 51.851(b), 51.941(a) (listing fees in court of appeals); Order, 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 court of

appeals). Appellant was notified by the Court that this appeal would be subject to

dismissal—unless they timely informed the Court in writing as to why they should

not pay the fees, or actually pay the fees. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(a), (b), 42.3(b).

Appellant never responded as requested by the Court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5

(allowing enforcement of rule); 42.3(c) (allowing involuntary dismissal of case).

As a result, we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution due to the

nonpayment of all required fees. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b)–(c).

We dismiss any pending motions as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Guerra and Guiney.