Robert L. Griffin v. Alycia Renae Cruz

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: January 29, 2026
• Docket: 01-25-00657-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued January 29, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-25-00657-CV ——————————— ROBERT L. GRIFFIN, Appellant V. ALYCIA RENAE CRUZ, Appellee

On Appeal from the 461st District Court Brazoria County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 135012-F

MEMORANDUM OPINION

This is an appeal from a protective order signed July 22, 2025. Appellant has

not paid for the clerk’s record or the required filing fee and has not established

indigence for purposes of appellate costs. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 20.1 (indigence),

37.3(b) (allowing dismissal of appeal if no clerk’s record filed due to appellant’s fault); see also TEX. GOV’T CODE §§ 51.207, 51.208, 51.851(b), 51.941(a); Order

Regarding Fees Charged in the Supreme Court, in Civil Cases in the Courts of

Appeals, and Before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation, and in the

Business Court, Misc. Docket No. 24-9047 (Tex. July 26, 2024), reprinted in TEX.

R. APP. P. app. A. § B(1) (listing fees in courts of appeals).

Appellant failed to respond to our notices of September 22, 2025 (non-

payment for the filing fee) and September 25, 2025 (non-payment for clerk’s record),

which advised appellant that, should he not pay the fee for the clerk’s record or the

filing fee or establish indigence, this appeal was subject to dismissal. See TEX. R.

APP. P. 5 (allowing enforcement of rule), 37.3(b) (allowing dismissal of appeal if no

clerk’s record filed due to appellant’s fault), 42.3(c) (allowing involuntary dismissal

of case). Appellant has not responded to this Court’s notices.

We dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3, 43.2(f). We dismiss any

pending motions as moot.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Caughey, and Dokupil.