Megan Moore v. Oscar Reyes

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 3, 2024
• Docket: 03-24-00389-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-24-00389-CV

Megan Moore, Appellant

v.

Oscar Reyes, Appellee

FROM THE 169TH DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, NO. 21DFAM328842 THE HONORABLE CARI L. STARRITT-BURNETT, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The clerk’s record in this appeal was due for filing in this Court on September 13,

2024. On September 17, 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 September 27, 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.

__________________________________________ Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Triana, and Kelly

Dismissed for Want of Prosecution

Filed: October 3, 2024