Court Opinion

ID: 9352660
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Date Created: 2023-01-09 07:06:53.901108+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:02:02.345576
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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 does not state whether he was
permitted to proceed without payment of costs in the trial court; nor does 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).
        Appellant’s motion filed with this Court similarly does not include a Statement of
Inability to Pay Costs, or any other evidence of indigency. See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(c).
Absent evidence that appellant was permitted to proceed without payment of costs in the
trial court, or a completed Statement of Inability to Pay Costs, we are unable to determine
whether appellant should be permitted to proceed in forma pauperis on appeal.
       Accordingly, appellant’s “Motion for Leave to Proceed In Forma Pauperis” is
denied. However, this order does not prevent appellant from re-filing his request to
proceed without payment of costs along with (1) evidence that he was permitted to proceed
without payment of costs in the trial court, or (2) a completed Statement of Inability to Pay
Costs, establishing his indigency. See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(b), (c).
      It is so ORDERED.

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

Date: ___January 5, 2023_____