Steven v. Tipps v. Purple Tree, LLC

Opinion

Order entered January 30, 2019

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-18-01540-CV

STEVEN V. TIPPS, Appellant

V.

PURPLE TREE, LLC, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. CC-18-04540-B

ORDER

Appellant filed a statement of inability to afford payment of court costs or an appeal bond

in the trial court on August 24, 2018. Nothing before this Court shows that any contest to

appellant’s statement of inability was filed. Thus, appellant is allowed to proceed without

payment of costs. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(a); TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(b)(1). Appellant shall

disregard this Court’s December 31, 2018 postcard notice requesting payment of this Court’s

filing fee.

The clerk’s and reporter’s records are overdue. The county clerk’s office notified the

Court that the clerk’s record has been prepared and would be filed once appellant paid the fee.

Because appellant is deemed indigent, no fee is due and we ORDER John Warren, Dallas

County Clerk, to file the clerk’s record by February 8, 2019. We ORDER Robin Washington, Official Court Reporter for County Court at Law No. 2,

to file, by March 1, 2019, either the reporter’s record or written verification that appellant has

not requested the reporter’s record. We caution appellant that if the Court receives written

verification of no request, the Court will order the appeal submitted without the reporter’s record.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(c).

We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a copy of this order to Mr. Warren, Ms.

Washington, and all parties.

/s/ BILL WHITEHILL JUSTICE