Gerald Washington v. Veronica Espinoza as Next Friend of M.M.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: September 11, 2025
• Docket: 10-25-00239-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals Tenth Appellate District of Texas

10-25-00239-CV

Gerald Washington, Appellant

v.

Veronica Espinoza as Next Friend of M.M., Appellee

On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 of Ellis County, Texas Judge James S. Chapman, presiding Trial Court Cause No. 25-C-3224

CHIEF JUSTICE JOHNSON delivered the opinion of the Court.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, Gerald Washington, appealed from a final judgment signed

by the trial court on June 17, 2025. On July 28, 2025, Appellant was notified

that the filing fee was due on or before Thursday, August 7, 2025, and that a

docketing statement was required to be completed and returned to this Court

by Thursday, August 7, 2025. The filing fee was not paid and the required

docketing statement was not received. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 32.1. By letter dated August 11, 2025, the Clerk of this Court notified

Appellant that the filing fee had not been paid and that if the fee was not paid

before Monday, September 1, 2025, the appeal would be dismissed. In that

same letter, the Clerk of this Court notified Appellant that the docketing

statement had not been filed and warned him that the Court may dismiss the

appeal without further notice if a docketing statement was not filed on or

before Monday, September 1, 2025. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c).

As of the date of this opinion, the filing fee has not been paid and we

have not received the docketing statement, nor have we received any request

for an extension of time to pay the filing fee or to file the docketing statement.

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 32.1, 42.3(c).

MATT JOHNSON Chief Justice

OPINION DELIVERED and FILED: September 11, 2025 Before Chief Justice Johnson, Justice Smith, and Justice Harris Appeal dismissed CV06

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