Mary Thomas v. Terrain Solutions Inc.

Opinion

Opinion issued April 23, 2013

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-13-00157-CV ——————————— MARY THOMAS, Appellant V. TERRAIN SOLUTIONS INC., Appellee

On Appeal from County Civil Court at Law No. 3 Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1016332

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, Mary Thomas, has neither paid the required filing fee for this

appeal nor established indigence for purposes of appellate costs. See TEX. R. APP.

P. 5 (“A party who is not excused by statute or these rules from paying costs must

pay—at the time an item is presented for filing—whatever fees are required by statute or Supreme Court order.”), 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing

indigence); see also TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 51.207 (Vernon Supp. 2011), §

51.941(a) (Vernon 2005), § 101.041 (Vernon Supp. 2011) (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). On February 26, 2013, appellant was

notified that this appeal was subject to dismissal if the filing fee was not paid by

March 11, 2013. After being notified that this appeal was subject to dismissal,

appellant did not adequately respond. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (allowing enforcement

of rule); 42.3(c) (allowing involuntary dismissal of case). Appellant was again

notified on March 21, 2013, that this appeal was subject to dismissal for failure to

pay the filing fee. After being notified a second time that this appeal was subject

to dismissal, appellant did not adequately respond. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5; 42.3(c).

We dismiss the appeal for failure to pay the filing fee. We dismiss any

pending motions as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Bland, and Massengale.