Jeremiah Perez v. Hill College, Johnson County and Joshua Independent School District

Court of Appeals of Texas

Jeremiah Perez v. Hill College, Johnson County and Joshua Independent School District

DecidedFebruary 20, 2025

Docket15-24-00125-CV

StatusPublished

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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed February 20, 2025.

In The

Fifteenth Court of Appeals ____________

NO. 15-24-00125-CV ____________

JEREMIAH PEREZ, Appellant

V.

HILL COLLEGE, JOHNSON COUNTY

AND JOSHUA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellees

On Appeal from the 249th District Court Johnson County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-T202300308

MEMORANDUM OPINION On December 12, 2024, this Court notified appellant Jeremiah Perez that the clerk’s record was due in this Court on December 9, 2024, and that no clerk’s record had been filed due to his failure to pay or make arrangements to pay the trial court clerk’s fee for preparing the record. The notice requested that appellant file a response with written documentation showing that he has paid, or made arrangements to pay, the clerk’s fee or that he is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. In addition, in our notice, we directed appellant to comply with our request by January 2, 2025, and advised that his failure to comply could result in the dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution. To date, appellant has not responded to the Court’s notice, and the clerk’s record has not been filed.

If a trial court clerk fails to file the clerk’s record due to an appellant’s failure to pay or make arrangements to pay the clerk’s fee for the preparing the record, the appellate court may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless the appellant was entitled to proceed without payment of cost. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). In this case, appellant has not established that he is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1; Tex. R. Civ. P. 145. Consequently, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).

/s/ Scott K. Field

Scott K. Field Justice

Panel consists of Chief Justice Brister and Justices Field and Farris.

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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed February 20, 2025.

In The

Fifteenth Court of Appeals ____________

NO. 15-24-00125-CV ____________

JEREMIAH PEREZ, Appellant

V.

HILL COLLEGE, JOHNSON COUNTY

AND JOSHUA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellees

On Appeal from the 249th District Court Johnson County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-T202300308

MEMORANDUM OPINION On December 12, 2024, this Court notified appellant Jeremiah Perez that the clerk’s record was due in this Court on December 9, 2024, and that no clerk’s record had been filed due to his failure to pay or make arrangements to pay the trial court clerk’s fee for preparing the record. The notice requested that appellant file a response with written documentation showing that he has paid, or made arrangements to pay, the clerk’s fee or that he is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. In addition, in our notice, we directed appellant to comply with our request by January 2, 2025, and advised that his failure to comply could result in the dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution. To date, appellant has not responded to the Court’s notice, and the clerk’s record has not been filed.

If a trial court clerk fails to file the clerk’s record due to an appellant’s failure to pay or make arrangements to pay the clerk’s fee for the preparing the record, the appellate court may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless the appellant was entitled to proceed without payment of cost. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). In this case, appellant has not established that he is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1; Tex. R. Civ. P. 145. Consequently, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).

/s/ Scott K. Field

Scott K. Field Justice

Panel consists of Chief Justice Brister and Justices Field and Farris.

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