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                                                                                         CONSTABLE, PCT 1/
                                                                                       NUECES COUNTY. TEXAS
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                                                                                      2015 NOU       6 fin 11 53

           SHARON KELLER                                                                                             ABEL ACOSTA
             PRESIDING JUDGE                Court of Criminal Appeals                                                     CLERK
                                                                                                                       (512)463-1551
                                                  P.O. BOX 12308, CAPITOL STATION
           LAWRENCE E. MEYERS
           CHERYL JOHNSON
                                                          AUSTIN, TEXAS 78711                                        SIAN SCHILHAB
           MIKE KEASLER                                                                                              GENERAL COUNSEL
                                                                                                                       (512)463-1597
           BARBARA P. HERVEY
           ELS A ALCALA
           BERT RICHARDSON
           KEVIN P. YEARY
           DAVID NEWELL
            JUDGES

                                                            November 4, 2015

              Robert M. Cisneros
              Constable Precinct 1
                                                                                                     RECEIVED IN
              901 Leopard Street, Room 112
                                                                                               COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
              Corpus Christi, TX 78401
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              Re: IN RE YOLANDA SALDIVAR
              CCA No. WR-69,661-04
              Trial Court Case No. 704424
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              Dear Constable Cisneros:

                        Please serve the enclosed Order to Show Cause on Anne Lorentzen, the District Clerk of
             Nueces County. The address for Anne Lorentzen is 901 Leopard Street, Room 313
             Corpus Christi, TX 78401. The telephone number is (361) 888-0111.

                    After the officer's return has been executed, please return it to this office: Court of
              Criminal Appeals, P. O. Box 12308, Capitol Station, Austin, TX 78711, telephone number (512)
             463-1551.

                                                                                      Sincerely,

                                                                                     Abel Acosta, Clerk

             Enclosures
             Certified Mail 7196 9008 0560 0000 0102

             cc:        Anne Lorentzen
                        District Clerk Nueces County
                        901 Leopard Street, Room 313
                        Corpus Christi, TX 78401
                        Certified Mail 7196 9008 8560 0000 0119

                                  Supreme Court Building, 201 West 14th Street, Room 106, Austin, Texas 78701
                                                     Website www.txcourts.gov/cca.aspx

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Yolanda Saldivar
Mountain View Unit #733126
2305 Ransom Rd.
Gatesville, Texas 76528
                                    OFFICER'S RETURN

                                        WR-69,661-04

                          IN RE YOLANDA SALDIVAR, Relator

       Came to hand on this the (p day of A/o\J              2015, at )l-^l o'clock,/! .M.,   ^y ,
 and executed at Nueces County, Texas, on the y       day of A/oJ , 2015, by delivering to th^j?^ *-^MfiJ
 District Clerk of Nueces County, the original ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND TO FILE
 RESPONSE which accompanied this writ.

       To certify which witness my hand officially.

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TO:    The Sheriff of any County or any Constable of any County, Texas Ranger,
       Texas Highway Patrolman, or any Peace Officer within the State of Texas.

GREETINGS:

       YOU ARE HEREBY COMMANDED that you serve upon the District Clerk of Nueces

County, the accompanying ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND TO FILE RESPONSE, issued

from the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas on November 4, 2015.

       HEREIN FAIL NOT, but of this writ and notice make due return, under the penalty

prescribed by law, with your endorsement showing how you executed the same.

       WITNESS MY HAND and Seal of the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas

affixed at the City of Austin, Texas, on this the 4th day of November, 2015.

                                                     ABEirACOSTA, CLERK
                                                     COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                                                     STATE OF TEXAS
                                                     P.O. BOX 12308, CAPITOL STATION
                                                     AUSTIN, TX 78711
              IN THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
                                         OF TEXAS

                                        NO. WR-69,661-04

                            IN RE YOLANDA SALDIVAR, Relator

                  ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE AND TO FILE RESPONSE
                                   FROM NUECES COUNTY

       Per curiam.

                                             ORDER

       On September 18, 2013, this Court issued an order requiring Respondent, the District Clerk

ofNueces County, to respond within thirty days as to whether or not Relator has been advised ofthe

total cost of purchasing the clerk and reporter's records from her trial in cause number 704424 from

the 214th District Court, and if not, why not.

       On, December 5, 2013, this Court mailed an inquiry to Respondent as to why no response

to the order had yet been submitted. On April 13, 2015, a second reminder letter was sent by this

Court. To date no response has yet been received from said Respondent, in violation of the Court's

Order requiring a response by October 18, 2013.
        NOW, THEREFORE IT IS ORDERED BY THE COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS,

that Respondent shall file an appropriate response and show cause why Respondent should not be

held in contempt of this Court for failing to file the response by the date it was due and be punished

for failing to do so. Respondent, the District Clerk of Nueces County is ordered to file, with the

Clerk of this Court, Respondent's sworn affidavit and, if necessary, affidavits of other persons, on

or before December 7, 2015. The affidavits shall state facts that deny or excuse Respondent's

contempt, if there are any such facts. Respondent, the District Clerk of Nueces County, shall also

file the response required by this Court's abatement order of September 18, 2013, on or before

December 7, 2015.

       It is further ORDERED by this Court that the Clerk of this Court shall issue NOTICE TO

SHOW CAUSE AND TO FILE RESPONSE commanding Respondent to file said response and

to show cause, in the manner and within the time specified in this Order, why Respondent should

not be held in contempt ofthis Court for failing to timely file the required response and be punished

for Respondent's failure to do so. A copy of this Order shall accompany the Notice.

       IT IS SO ORDERED ON THIS THE 4th day of November, 2015.

Filed: November 4, 2015
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