LeAnn Hilton v. Chris Kopacek

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: January 26, 2024
• Docket: 03-23-00763-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-23-00763-CV

LeAnn Hilton, Appellant

v.

Chris Kopacek, Appellee

FROM THE 419TH DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY NO. D-1-FM-20-005474 THE HONORABLE MAYA GUERRA GAMBLE, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The clerk’s record in this appeal was due for filing in this Court on January 2, 2024.

On January 3, 2024, we notified appellant that no clerk’s record had been filed due to her failure

to pay or make arrangements to pay the trial clerk’s fee for preparing the clerk’s record. The

notice requested that appellant make arrangements for the clerk’s record and submit a status

report regarding this appeal by January 12, 2024. Further, the notice advised appellant that her

failure to comply with this request could result in the dismissal of the appeal for want of

prosecution. To date, appellant has not filed a status report or otherwise responded to this

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 for the clerk’s fee for preparing the record, the appellate court

may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless the appellant was entitled to proceed without payment of costs. Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). In this case, appellant has not established

that she is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 145. Because

appellant has failed to pay or make arrangements to pay the clerk’s fee for preparing the clerk’s

record, this appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.

__________________________________________ Rosa Lopez Theofanis, Justice

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Smith, and Theofanis

Dismissed for Want of Prosecution

Filed: January 26, 2024