Patricia Cortez v. Diana Santillana Soriano

Opinion

Opinion issued May 22, 2025

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-25-00086-CV ——————————— PATRICIA CORTEZ, Appellant V. DIANA SANTILLANA SORIANO, Appellee

On Appeal from the Probate Court No. 2 Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 522256-401

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, Patricia Cortez, has filed her notice of appeal on February 5, 2025.

Appellant did not pay the appellate filing fee or establish indigence for purposes of

appellate costs. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 20.1. The Clerk of this Court notified appellant that unless she paid the appellate filing fee by March 31, 2025, her appeal

could be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b). To date, appellant has not paid the

appellate filing fee nor established indigence for purposes of appellate costs.

Appellant also failed to pay, or make arrangements to pay, the fee for

preparing the clerk’s record. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145; TEX. R. APP. P. 34.1. We

notified appellant that her appeal could be dismissed for want of prosecution if the

clerk’s record was not filed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(a), (b). We directed appellant

to submit written evidence from the trial court clerk by April 11, 2025, reflecting

she paid, or made arrangements to pay, the fee for preparing the clerk’s record. To

date, appellant has not responded to this Court’s notice and the clerk’s record has

not been filed.

We dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b),

42.3(b)–(c). We dismiss any pending motions as moot.

Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Caughey, and Morgan.