Ronald Lee Finn v. the City of Waco and/or Waco Independent School District

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: July 28, 2010
• Docket: 10-10-00142-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

IN THE TENTH COURT OF APPEALS

No. 10-10-00142-CV

RONALD LEE FINN, Appellant v.

THE CITY OF WACO AND/OR WACO INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellees

From the 170th District Court McLennan County, Texas Trial Court No. 2009-976-4

MEMORANDUM OPINION

A notice of appeal by Ronald Lee Finn was filed on April 12, 2010. Finn has not

filed a docketing statement. Twice, the Clerk of this Court notified Finn by letter of the

need to file a docketing statement. With the second notification, the Clerk warned Finn

that if the docketing statement was not filed within 21 days from the date of the letter,

the appeal would be dismissed without further notification. More than 21 days have

passed and Finn has not filed a docketing statement.

Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed. TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c). Absent a specific exemption, the Clerk of the Court must collect filing fees at the

time a document is presented for filing. TEX. R. APP. P. 12.1(b); Appendix to TEX. R. APP.

P., Order Regarding Fees (Amended Aug. 28, 2007, eff. Sept. 1, 2007). See also TEX. R.

APP. P. 5; 10TH TEX. APP. (WACO) LOC. R. 5; TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 51.207(b); §

51.941(a) (Vernon 2005); and § 51.208 (Vernon Supp. 2009). Under the circumstances,

we use Rule 2 to suspend this requirement and order the Clerk to write off all unpaid

fees in this proceeding. TEX. R. APP. P. 2. Further, the write-off of the fees from the

accounts receivable of the Court in no way eliminates or reduces the fees owed by the

person against whom they are assessed.

TOM GRAY Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Reyna, and Justice Davis Appeal dismissed Opinion delivered and filed July 28, 2010 [CV06]

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