Hatem Tawfiq Alghuti v. Rawan Al-Najjar

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: June 20, 2023
• Docket: 01-23-00061-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued June 20, 2023

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-23-00061-CV ——————————— HATEM TAWFIQ ALGHUTI, Appellant V. RAWAN AL-NAJJAR, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Court at Law No 2 Galveston County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 22-FD-2586

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Hatem Tawfiq Alghuti appeals from a judgment signed November

28, 2022. Appellant has not paid the required fees. Although appellant filed a

statement of inability in the trial court, the trial court sustained the contest, finding

that appellant could afford payment of court costs. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(f); TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1; see also TEX. GOV’T CODE §§ 51.207, 51.208, 51.941(a), 101.041;

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, Misc. Docket

No. 15-9158 (Tex. Aug. 28, 2015). Appellant did not challenge the trial court’s

ruling concerning appellant’s ability to afford payment of costs.

Appellants failed to respond to our notice of May 16, 2023 that, should

appellant not pay the fee, this appeal was subject to dismissal. See TEX. R. APP. P.

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

We dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. We dismiss all pending

motions as moot.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Kelly, Hightower, and Countiss.