Roddrick Smith v. Andrew Pepper

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 2, 2021
• Docket: 05-21-00142-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

DISMISS and Opinion Filed July 2, 2021

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-21-00142-CV

RODDRICK SMITH, Appellant V. ANDREW PEPPER, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 4 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. CC-20-05325-D

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Molberg, and Justice Smith Opinion by Chief Justice Burns The filing fee and docketing statement in this appeal are past due. By postcard

dated March 4, 2021, we notified appellant the $205 filing fee was due. We directed

appellant to remit the filing fee within ten days and expressly cautioned appellant

that failure to do so would result in dismissal of the appeal. Also by postcard dated

March 4, 2021, we notified appellant the docketing statement had not been filed in

this case.1 We directed appellant to file the docketing statement within ten days. We

cautioned appellant that failure to do so might result in dismissal of this appeal.

1 Both the filing fee notice and the docketing statement notice were returned to the Court as undeliverable. The clerk’s office attempted to contact appellant by telephone, but was unsuccessful. To date, appellant has not paid the filing fee, filed the docketing statement, or

otherwise corresponded with the Court regarding the status of this appeal.

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5; 42.3(b)(c).

/Robert D. Burns, III/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III CHIEF JUSTICE

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RODDRICK SMITH, Appellant On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 4, Dallas County, Texas No. 05-21-00142-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. CC-20-05325- D. ANDREW PEPPER, Appellee Opinion delivered by Chief Justice Burns. Justices Molberg and Smith participating.

In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED.

Judgment entered July 2, 2021

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