John H. George v. Maria Guadalupe George

Opinion

Order entered March 20, 2019

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-18-00982-CV

JOHN H. GEORGE, Appellant

V.

MARIA GUADALUPE GEORGE, Appellee

On Appeal from the 254th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DF-17-11713

ORDER By order dated February 12, 2019, the Court ordered appellant to file, by February 22,

2019, either written verification that he has paid or made arrangements to pay the reporter’s fee

or written documentation demonstrating that he has been found entitled to proceed without costs.

Rather than comply, appellant filed a letter stating that he is not opposed to paying a reasonable

cost for the record but that he has “no input at all as to what the cost will be.”

Janet Saavedra, Official Court Reporter for the 254th Judicial District Court, filed an

extension request on December 26, 2018. In that request, Ms. Saavedra attached email

correspondence between appellant and a deputy court reporter. This correspondence

demonstrates that appellant has, in fact, been given estimates of the costs for preparing the reporter’s record. Considering all these circumstances, we ORDER the appeal be submitted

without the reporter’s record. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(c).

Appellant shall file his brief on the merits by April 24, 2019.

/s/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III CHIEF JUSTICE