Jim Bob v. Ericka Ruby Garza

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: April 16, 2026
• Docket: 01-26-00081-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued April 16, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00081-CV ——————————— JIM BOB, Appellant V. ERICKA RUBY GARZA, Appellee

On Appeal from the 334th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 2022-41601

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Jim Bob Evans has neither established indigence, nor paid all the

required fees. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases unless

indigent), 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing indigence); see also TEX.

GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 51.207, 51.941(a), § 51.851(b) (listing fees in court of appeals); Order Regarding Fees Charged in Civil Cases in the Supreme Court and

the Courts of Appeals and Before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Misc.

Docket No. 07-9138 (Tex. Aug. 28, 2007), reprinted in TEX. R. APP. P. app. A § B(1)

(listing fees in court of appeals). Appellant was notified by the Court that this appeal

would be subject to dismissal—unless he timely informed the Court in writing why

he should not pay the fee or actually pays the fee. Appellant never responded as

requested by the Court. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (allowing enforcement of rule); 42.3(c)

(allowing involuntary dismissal of case).

As a result, we dismiss this appeal due to the nonpayment of all required fees.

We dismiss any pending motions as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Guerra and Guiney.