Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-13 11:10:38.59717+00
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NO. 12-23-00312-CV

                          IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

              TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

                                     TYLER, TEXAS

CORNELIUS BUTLER,                                §         APPEAL FROM THE 241ST
INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF
OF THE ESTATE OF BETTY
BUTLER,
APPELLANT                                        §         JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT

V.

TYLER OPS LTC., INC. D/B/A PETAL                 §         SMITH COUNTY, TEXAS
HILL NURSING &
REHABILITATION,
APPELLEE

                                  MEMORANDUM OPINION
                                      PER CURIAM

       This appeal is being dismissed for failure to comply with a requirement of the appellate
rules, a court order, or a notice from the clerk requiring a response or other action within a
specified time. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c).
       A party who is not excused by statute or the appellate rules from paying costs must pay--
at the time an item is presented for filing--whatever fees are required by statute or Texas
Supreme Court order. TEX. R. APP. P. 5; see TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1. An appellate court may
enforce Rule 5 by any order that is just. TEX. R. APP. P. 5. After giving ten days’ notice, an
appellate court may dismiss an appeal because the appellant failed to comply with a requirement
of the appellate rules, a court order, or a notice from the clerk requiring a response or other
action within a specified time. TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c).
       On December 15, 2023, the Clerk of this Court notified Appellant, Cornelius Butler,
Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Betty Butler, that the filing fee in this appeal is due
and that the appeal would be subject to dismissal if the fee was not paid on or before December
27. The date for remitting the filing fee passed, and Appellant has not paid the fee or otherwise
shown that he is excused from paying the fee. 1
         Because Appellant failed, after notice, to comply with Rule 5, the appeal is dismissed.2
See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c).

Opinion delivered January 10, 2024.
Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J., and Neeley, J.

         1
           The case information sheet from the Smith County District Clerk’s Office reflects that Appellant was not
declared indigent in the trial court.
         2
             Nor has Appellant filed the required docketing statement. See TEX. R. APP. P. 32.1.

                                                           2
                                   COURT OF APPEALS

      TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                           JUDGMENT

                                          JANUARY 10, 2024

                                         NO. 12-23-00312-CV

  CORNELIUS BUTLER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF
                             BETTY BUTLER,
                                 Appellant
                                    V.
   TYLER OPS LTC., INC. D/B/A PETAL HILL NURSING & REHABILITATION,
                                 Appellee

                                Appeal from the 241st District Court
                          of Smith County, Texas (Tr.Ct.No. 21-1988-C)

       THIS CAUSE came to be heard on the appellate record; and the same being considered,
it is the opinion of this Court that this appeal should be dismissed.

       It is therefore ORDERED, ADJUDGED and DECREED by this Court that the appeal be,
and the same is, hereby dismissed; and that this decision be certified to the court below for
observance.

                    By per curiam opinion.
                    Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Hoyle, J. and Neeley, J.