Opinion ID: 2212215
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Heading: costs of this appeal

Text: At the time she filed her notice of appeal from the Workers' Compensation Court, Mata filed a poverty affidavit, pursuant to Neb.Rev.Stat. § 48-182 (Reissue 1988), requesting that the cost of a transcript and bill of exceptions be waived. The compensation court, after reviewing Mata's affidavit, denied her request. In her final assignment of error, Mata complains of the compensation court's refusal to have these costs waived. In relevant part, § 48-182 provides: The transcript and bill of exceptions shall be paid for by the party ordering the same, except that upon the affidavit of any claimant for workers' compensation, filed with or before the praecipe, that he or she is without means with which to pay, and unable to secure such means, payment may, in the discretion of the compensation court, be waived as to such claimant and the bill of exceptions shall be paid for by the compensation court in the same manner as other compensation court expenses. The record reflects that before the three-judge Workers' Compensation Court panel, this case was tried on stipulations and exhibits. As a result, the bill of exceptions is only four pages in length and the court reporter has certified that there was no charge for the bill. A transcript was timely filed with this court. There is no showing in the record as to whether the cost of the transcript has been paid, whether Mata was required to pay for the transcript, or whether the cost of the transcript was waived. Under the circumstances, there is no justiciable issue before this court in regard to the waiver of the costs of appeal, and Mata's assignment of error in relation thereto has no merit.