Court Opinion

ID: 9366933
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Date Created: 2023-01-30 09:09:48.357283+00
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COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
                           FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

                                           ORDER

Appellate case name:        Andrew Hayward Jackson, Jr. v. Fort Bend County, Fort Bend
                            County Drainage District, Fort Bend County Emergency
                            Service District No. 7, Fort Bend County Fresh Water Supply
                            District No. 01, Fort Bend County General Fund, and Fort
                            Bend County Independent School District
Appellate case number:      01-22-00880-CV
Trial court case number:    21-DCV-282688
Trial court:                240th District Court of Fort Bend County

       Appellant, Andrew Hayward Jackson, Jr., filed a notice of appeal from the trial
court’s October 25, 2022 final judgment. On December 19, 2022, appellant filed a “Motion
for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis,” requesting that he be permitted to proceed on
appeal without payment of costs. Appellant’s motion was denied on January 5, 2023,
because the motion did not state whether appellant was permitted to proceed without
payment of costs in the trial court; nor did appellant’s motion reflect that he filed an
affidavit of indigence or Statement of Inability to Pay Costs in the trial court. See TEX. R.
CIV. P. 145; TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(b). Further, appellant’s motion to this Court also did not
include a Statement of Inability to Pay Costs, or any other evidence of indigency. See TEX.
R. APP. P. 20.1(c).
        On January 17, 2023, appellant filed a “Motion for Reconsideration to Proceed In
Forma Pauperis.” With his motion, appellant attached a completed Statement of Inability
to Pay Costs, stating that he is currently incarcerated by the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, Institutional Division, and has no income. The Court concludes that this is
sufficient evidence of appellant’s inability to afford payment of costs on appeal.
       Accordingly, appellant’s “Motion for Reconsideration to Proceed In Forma
Pauperis” is granted. See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(b), (c). The Clerk of this Court is
directed to make an entry in this Court’s records that appellant is permitted to
proceed on appeal without payment of costs. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(a); TEX. R. APP.
P. 20.1.
      It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: ____/s/ April Farris__________
                    Acting individually       Acting for the Court

Date: ___January 24, 2023_____