Forty Thousand Eight Hundred Ninety-Five Dollars and 25/100 in US Currency v. the State of Texas

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-26-00050-CV

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FORTY THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE DOLLARS AND 25/100 IN US CURRENCY, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee

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On Appeal from the 60th District Court Jefferson County, Texas

Trial Cause No. 24DCCV1063

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

On February 4, 2026, Appellant Rickey Thomas filed a notice of appeal from a final judgment signed in Trial Court Case Number 24DCCV1063 on January 28, 2026. Upon receiving the notice of appeal from Appellant, the Clerk of the Court issued an invoice for the filing fee for the appeal. On March 24, 2026, the Clerk notified the parties that Appellant has not remitted the filing fee and enclosed a Bill of Costs. By letter dated May 22, 2026, the Clerk notified the parties that Appellant

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has not paid the filing fee as directed in our letters, invoice, and Bill of Costs previously forwarded to Appellant. A Certified Bill of Costs for the filing fee was enclosed and provided to Appellant. The notice warned Appellant that the appeal would be dismissed without further notice unless Appellant paid the filing fee by June 8, 2026. As of this date, Appellant has failed to pay the filing fee as directed by this Court.

On February 4, 2026, the Clerk notified the parties that the record was due March 30, 2026. On May 27, 2026, the trial court clerk notified this Court that no payment arrangements for the record have been made. Also on May 27, 2026, the appellate clerk notified the parties that Appellant had not established indigent status and that the clerk’s record had not been filed due to Appellant’s failure to pay or to arrange to pay the fee required to prepare the clerk’s record. We warned Appellant that the appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution unless Appellant established that he had made the arrangements required to pay the fee or that he needed more time to do so. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). After the Clerk of this Court sent the parties a letter warning of the consequences of the foregoing, the Court did not receive a response.

Appellant has not paid the filing fee for the appeal, nor has Appellant explained why he has not paid the fee for the clerk’s record; therefore, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. Id. 5, 42.3(c), 43.2(f).

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APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on August 26, 2026 Opinion Delivered August 27, 2026

Before Johnson, Wright and Chambers, JJ.