Mark J. Mueller v. James H. Davis, Individually, James H. Davis D/B/A J.D. Minerals, and JDMI, LLC

Opinion

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-14-00100-CV

MARK J. MUELLER, Appellant

V.

JAMES H. DAVIS, INDIVIDUALLY, JAMES H. DAVIS D/B/A J.D. MINERALS, AND JDMI, LLC, Appellees

On Appeal from the 71st District Court Harrison County, Texas Trial Court No. 11-0858

Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ. ORDER Our review of the clerk’s record in this case indicates that it contains “sensitive data” as

that phrase is defined in Rule 9.9 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP. P.

9.9(a). Sensitive data includes “a driver’s license number, passport number, social security

number, tax identification number or similar government-issued personal identification number.”

TEX. R. APP. P. 9.9(a)(1). Rule 9.9(b) states, “Unless the inclusion of sensitive data is specifically

required by statute, court rule, or administrative regulation, an electronic or paper document

containing sensitive data may not be filed with a court unless the sensitive data is redacted.” TEX.

R. APP. P. 9.9(b).

Therefore, because the clerk’s record fails to protect sensitive data, we order the clerk of

this Court or her appointee, pursuant to the inherent power of this Court, to seal the electronically

filed clerk’s record in this case.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

BY THE COURT

Date: October 26, 2015