Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-09-05 00:18:58.678264+00
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Order filed September 1, 2022

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals
                                   ____________

                               NO. 14-21-00468-CV
                                   ____________

                         SCWYANA SMITH, Appellant

                                         V.

                            ANKUS, L.L.C., Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 113th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2018-52368

                                      ORDER

      No reporter’s record has been filed in this case. Appellant is proceeding
without payment of costs. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 145. The clerk’s record does not
reflect that appellant filed a request for a court reporter’s record. See Tex. R. Tex.
R. App. P. 34.6 (b). On April 14, 2022, the court reporter provided this court with
an uncertified copy of a document filed by appellant requesting the portions of the
record. On April 28, 2022, this court ordered the trial court to conduct a hearing
pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 145(i). See Tex. R. App. P. 145(i). The
District Court responded with a letter stating there is “no order signed regarding
findings and fact and conclusion of law on this case. And no request for finding of
fact.” This court orders the trial court to conduct a hearing and provide findings, as
explained below.

      Pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 145(i), when a declarant is
proceeding without payment of costs, “the court must designate the portions to be
transcribed.” Tex. R. Civ. P. 145(i). Accordingly, the trial court is directed to
conduct a hearing, with 10 days’ notice to the parties and the court reporter, to
determine what portions of the record are to be transcribed by the court reporter.

      The court is directed to reduce its findings to writing and to have a
supplemental clerk’s record containing those findings filed with the clerk of this
court, together with a supplemental reporter’s record from the hearing, by October
3, 2022. See Tex. R. App. P. 34.6(e)(3).

      The appeal is abated, treated as a closed case, and removed from this court’s
active docket. The appeal will be reinstated on this court’s active docket when the
trial court’s findings and recommendations are filed in this court. The court will
also consider an appropriate motion to reinstate the appeal filed by either party, or
the court may reinstate the appeal on its own motion. It is the responsibility of any
party seeking reinstatement to request a hearing date from the trial court and to
schedule a hearing in compliance with this court’s order. If the parties do not
request a hearing, the court coordinator of the trial court shall set a hearing date
and notify the parties of such date.

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel Consists of Justices Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Wise and Hassan.