# Fourth Court of Appeals **San Antonio, Texas** February 18, 2020 N o. 04

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I N RE Leticia Murillo E SCAMILLA From the 218th Judicial District Court , La Salle County, Texas Trial Court No. 16

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- CVL Honorable John D . Gabriel, Jr. , Judge Presiding 

### S TATUS HEARING ORDER On January 15, 2020, this court held Ms . Leticia Murillo Escamilla in contempt of court for failing to comply with this court’s December 6, 201 9 order by failing to file the complete reporter’s record in appe al number 04

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- CV, styled Ch esapeak e Expl oration, L.L.C., et al. v. 7K Investments, Ltd., et al ., by December 24 , 2019 . Th is c ourt ’s contempt judgment ordered Ms. Escamilla confined to the County Jail of Bexar County, Texas for a period of thirty ( 30) days from the date of th e judgment ; however , th e sentence impos ed by the contempt judgment was suspended pending and conditioned upon Ms. Esca milla’s compliance with th e judgment as follows: Leticia Murillo Escamilla shall complete the report er’s rec or d s in the following matters in the following o rder: 1. appeal number 04

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- CR, styled Escalante

- Avalos v. State ; 2. appeal number 04

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- CV, styled Prado v L onestar R esources , Inc., et al. (cor rected reporter ’ s record); 3. appeal numbe r 0 4

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- CV, styled Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., et al. v. 7K Investments, Ltd., et al. ; and 4. appeal number 04

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- CV, style d Re p s ol Oil & Gas USA, LLC, et al . v. Matri x Petroleum, LLC ( reporter ’ s record from hearing on motion to set aside). Leticia Murillo Escamill a s hall file the re porter ’ s r ecord in appeal number 04

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1 Anc il l ary No. 04

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- CV, Chesape a ke Exploration, L.L.C. , Chesapeake Operating, L.L.C., Jamestown Resources, L.L. C., and OOGC American LLC v. 7K Investme nts, Ltd., e t al

.portions of the reporter ’ s re cord in appeal number 04

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- CV , and the rep orter ’ s record f r om the hearing on the m otion to set aside in appeal number 04

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. L e t icia Murillo Escamilla shall be fine d in the amount of $500.00, payable to the Clerk of the Court of App eals, Fourth C ourt of Appeals District of Texas, not later t han February 5 , 2020 at 5:00 p.m.; and Leticia Murillo Escamilla shall pay all costs of this p r oceeding , including the cost of the c ourt reporter, to the Clerk of the Court of Appeals, Fourth Co urt of Appeals Dist rict of Tex as no lat er February 5 , 2020 at 5:00 p.m . The contempt judgment further provi ded: I f Ms. Escamill a fails to file the re porter ’ s r ecord in appeal number 04

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- CR , the correc ted reporter ’ s re cord in appeal number 04

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- CV , h er portions of the r eporter ’ s re cord in appeal number 04

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- CV , and the rep orter ’ s record from the hearing on the m otion to set aside in appeal number 04

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- CV by February 14, 2020 , she shall appear in person before this court on February 18 , 2020 at 9:00 a

. m. bef or e a p a n el consisting of Chief Justice Marion , Justice Mart inez, an d Justi ce Alvarez for a status hearing to determine whether she will be ord ered immediately confined to the County Jail of Bexar County, Texas to complete her sentence. Ms. Escamilla is h ereby a d v ised that she has the right to be represented by counsel at the sta tus hearing and the proceedings will be rec orded by a cer tified court reporter. On February 18, 2020, Ms. Escamilla personally ap p eared before t he court for the status hearing not iced by t he contempt judgment. Ms. Escamilla was advised of her right to counsel by the court, and Ms. Escamilla know ingly and voluntarily waived her right to counsel. The court took judicial notice of the following: Ms. Escamilla filed the corrected re porter ’s record in appeal number 04

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- CV, styled Prado v L onestar R esources , Inc., et al. , on January 16, 2020. Ms. Escamilla filed the reporter ’s re cord in appeal number 04

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- CR, styled Escalante

- Avalos v. State , on Januar y 21, 2020. Ms. E sc amilla filed Volume 6 and Volume 5 of the repor ter ’s re cord in appeal number 0 4

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- CV, styled Chesapeake Explora tion, L.L.C., et al. v. 7K Investments, Ltd., et al

. , on January 31, 20 2 0, and February 12, 2020 , re spe ctiv ely. Ms. Escamilla paid the $50 0.00 f ine and costs of the contempt proceeding on February 4, 2020. Ms. Esc amilla has not filed Volumes 1, 2, 3, and 8 o f the rep orter ’s record in appeal number 0 4

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- CV, styled Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., et al. v. 7K Investments, Ltd., et a l

. Ms. Esca mill a has not filed the repo rter ’ s re cord from the hearing on the motion to set aside in appeal number 04

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- CV, style d Re p s ol Oil & Gas USA, LLC, et al . v. Matri x Petroleum, LLC

.The court then gave Ms. Escamilla an opportunity to expla in the reaso ns she failed to comply with all of the conditions imposed by the cour t in suspending the s entence imposed by the contempt judgment. During her testimony , Ms. Escamilla admitted she failed to comply with all of the conditions because she did n ot file the compl ete reporter ’s records in appeal number 0 4

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- CV, styled Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., et al. v. 7K Investments, Ltd., et al

. , and appeal number 04

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- CV, style d Re p s ol Oil & Gas USA, LLC, et al . v. Matri x P etr oleum, LLC

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. Esc amilla also ackno wle dged she rec e ived this court ’ s February 5, 2020 order i n appeal number 04

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- CV, styled Prado v L onestar R esources , Inc., et al

. , orde ring her to file corrected reporter ’ s records and an additional reporter ’ s r e cord

. After deliberating , the court find s from the evidence that Ms. Escamilla failed to c omply with all of the conditions imposed by the cour t in suspending the s entence imposed by the contempt judgment. It is therefore ORDER ED, ADJUDGED, AND DECRE ED by th e C ourt of Appeals, Fourth Court of App eals District of Texas, that: The sentence imposed on Ms. Leticia Murillo Escami lla in this court ’s contempt judgment dated January 15, 2 020, shall co ntinue to be suspended pending and condition ed upon Ms. Es cam i lla ’ s c omplian ce with this order as follows: Leticia Murillo Escamilla shall complete the reporter’s recor d s in the following matters in the following order: 1. appeal numbe r 0 4

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- CV, styled Chesapeake Exploration, L.L.C., et al. v. 7K Invest men ts, L td. , et al

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. appeal number 04

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- CV, style d Re p s ol Oil & Gas USA, LLC, et al . v. Matri x Petroleum, LLC ( reporter ’ s record from hearing on motion to set aside) ; and 3. appeal number 04

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- CV, styled Prado v L onestar R esources , Inc ., et al

. in accor danc e with this court ’ s February 5, 2020 order

. 2 b y working on the record s at a location designated by the Clerk of the Fourth Court of Appeals . Ms. Escamilla shall report to the Office of the Clerk of the Fo urt h Court of Appeals, 300 Do lor osa, S an Antoni o, Texas 78205 , beginning Januar y 16 , 2020 , n o t later than 8 :00 a.m., with all th e materials and equipment necessary to complete the record s . Ms. Escamilla shall work exclusively on h er portions of the reporter ’ s re co rd in appeal number 0 4

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- CV , the rep orter ’ s record from the hearing on the m otion to set aside in appeal number 04

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- CV , and the reporte r ’ s record s referenced in this court ’ s February 5, 2020 order in appeal number 04

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- CV in the order previously listed, f or a min i mum of ei gh t ( 8 ) hours per day from 8 :00 a.m. to 12:00 noon, a one

- hour lunc h break, and f rom 1:00 p .m. to 5:00 p.m. every Monday throu gh Friday until the record s are co mpleted

. During these hours, Ms. Escamilla shall not work on any other matters or cond u ct any pe rsonal business. If , prior to filing h er portions of the reporter ’ s re co rd in appeal number 04

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2 A lth ough the filing of th e reporter ’ s record referenced in this court ’ s Feb ruary 5, 2020 order in appeal number 04

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- CV was not a cond ition for the suspension of the sentence in th is court ’ s Jan u a ry 15, 2020 contempt judgment, Ms. Escamilla agr e e d to th e inclusion of its completion as a condition for the continued suspension of her sentence.on the m otion to set aside in appeal number 04

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- CV , and the reporte r ’ s record s refe ren ced i n this cou rt ’ s February 5, 2020 order in appeal number 04

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- CV , Ms. Escamilla fails to r e port to the C l erk’s Office without prov iding an e xcuse acceptable to this co urt, she will be ordered immediately confined to the County Jail of Bexar Co unt y, Te x as to com plete her sentence

. Leticia Murillo Escamill a s hall file h er portions of the reporter ’ s re co rd in appeal number 04

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- CV , and the re por te r ’ s record s r eferenced in this cou rt ’ s February 5, 2020 order in appeal number 04

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- CV no later than March 9 , 2020 at 12:00 p .m. I f Ms. Escamill a fails to file h er portions of the reporter ’ s re co rd in appeal number 04

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- CV , the rep orter ’ s re cor d fro m the hear ing on the m otio n to set aside in appeal number 04

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- CV , and the reporte r ’ s record s referenced in this court ’ s February 5, 2020 order in appeal number 04

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. m. , she shall appear in person befo re this cou rt o n March 9 , 2020 at 4 : 00 p . m. befor e a p a nel consisting of Chief Justice Marion , Justice Mart inez, an d Justi ce Alvarez for a status hearing to determine whether she will be ord ered immediately confined to the County Jail of Bexar County, Texas t o c omplete h er sen tence. Ms. Esc amilla is hereby a d vised that she has the right to be represented by counsel at the sta tus hearing and the proceedings will be recorded by a cer tified court reporter. IT IS FURTHER ORDERE D that Ms. Escamilla file a work log detailing h er daily wo rk on the repor ter ’ s records as well as the daily w ork comp leted by any scopi st, court reporter, or other person assisting Ms. Esc ami l l a with the reporter’s record s every day un til t he complete re porter’s record s are filed. IT IS FURTHER ORDER E D that M s. Escamilla file the volumes o f the reporter’s record s as they are completed. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a ll writs and other process necessary for the enforcement of this judgment be is sued. SIGNED February 18 , 2020.

————————— —————— Sa nde e Bryan Marion , Chief Justice

——————————————— Rebeca C. Martin ez , Justice

———————— — —————— Patricia Alvarez , JusticeIN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the s aid court on this 18th day of February, 2020

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___________________________________ MICHAEL A. CRUZ , Clerk of Court