in Re Commitment of Michael Page Summers

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 31, 2019
• Docket: 01-19-00738-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

ORDER

Appellate case name: In re Commitment of Michael Page Summers

Appellate case number: 01-19-00738-CV

Trial court case number: 18-CV-1583

Trial court: 56th District Court of Galveston County

The reporter’s record was due on November 7, 2019. The court reporter filed a notice stating that appellant has not paid or made arrangements to pay for the record and is not appealing as indigent. However, the clerk’s record contains a statement of inability to afford payment of court costs filed by appellant in the trial court on September 30, 2019. (CR 165-66) See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(a). The record contains no contest or order by the trial court requiring appellant to pay costs. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(f). The status of inability to afford court costs carries forward on appeal if the trial court does not sign an order overruling the party’s claim of indigence. See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(a). Appellant has filed a statement of inability and no court order requires him to pay the costs of the appellate record. Accordingly, the court reporter is ordered to file the reporter’s record at no charge to appellant by January 31, 2020. It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: __________/s/ Russell Lloyd____________ Acting individually

Date: December 31, 2019