Court Opinion

ID: 4701718
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-07-07 07:15:21.48045+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:06:19.852908
License: Public Domain

In The
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                  No. 06-21-00029-CV

             JESSE REYNOLDS, Appellant

                           V.

             LEROY MORGAN, Appellee

           On Appeal from the County Court
                Titus County, Texas
               Trial Court No. C02990

      Before Morriss, C.J., Burgess and Stevens, JJ.
       Memorandum Opinion by Justice Burgess
                                MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Jesse Reynolds, appellant, filed a notice of appeal in this matter on April 15, 2021.

Appellant has not filed a docketing statement in accordance with Rule 32.1 of the Texas Rules of

Appellate Procedure.     See TEX. R. APP. P. 32.1.        Further, appellant has not tendered the

mandatory $205.00 filing fee associated with the appeal, see TEX. R. APP. P. 5, and has not filed

proof of indigency in lieu of a filing fee, see TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1.

       “A party who is not excused by statute or these rules from paying costs must pay—at the

time an item is presented for filing—whatever fees are required by statute or Supreme Court

order. The appellate court may enforce this rule by any order that is just.” TEX. R. APP. P. 5.

       By letter dated May 17, 2021, appellant was provided with notice of and an opportunity

to cure these defects. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b), (c). The May 17 letter further warned

appellant that, if he did not submit an adequate response to the notice by May 27, 2021, this

appeal would be subject to dismissal for want of prosecution and for failure to comply with the

above-cited rules. Appellant did not file a docketing statement, did not pay the mandatory filing

fee, and did not file proof of indigency in lieu of a filing fee. Further, we have received no

communication from appellant responsive to the May 17 correspondence. Accordingly, this

appeal is ripe for dismissal.

                                                  2
       Pursuant to Rule 42.3, subsections (b) and (c), of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure,

we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution.

                                            Ralph K. Burgess
                                            Justice

Date Submitted:       July 1, 2021
Date Decided:         July 2, 2021

                                                  3