Court Opinion

ID: 4276280
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-05-17 20:49:13.469561+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T13:53:10.181875
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
                            ____________________
                                NO. 09-18-00030-CV
                            ____________________

                             RICK SOLIZ, Appellant

                                          V.

       MONTGOMERY COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, Appellee
________________________________________________________________________

                    On Appeal from the 284th District Court
                         Montgomery County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 16-12-14656-CV
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Rick Soliz, Appellant, filed a notice of appeal with the trial court on January

18, 2018. Despite written notices from this Court and an opportunity to cure, to date,

Appellant has neither filed the appropriate documentation to establish indigence nor

paid the filing fee for the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 20.1. In addition, no clerk’s

record has been filed, and the clerk responsible for preparing the record in this appeal

informed the Court that Appellant is not entitled to appeal without paying the fee

and did not make arrangements to pay for the record. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b).

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      On April 4, 2018, we notified appellant that, if he is unable to pay for the

appellate record and cannot pay this court’s filing fee, he must return a properly

completed and executed form statement of inability to pay costs, together with a

motion to abate the appeal and remand the case to the trial court for a determination

of indigence. In reply, Appellant refused to submit a properly completed and

executed form statement of inability to pay costs and complained that this Court was

asking him “to swear to and provide a different document judged by different

standards which he may or may not meet.” Appellant’s request to proceed without

payment of costs is denied. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(c).

      Appellant failed to comply with a notice requiring action within a specified

time. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R.

App. P. 43.2(f).

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

                                              ________________________________
                                                      CHARLES KREGER
                                                            Justice

Submitted on May 16, 2018
Opinion Delivered May 17, 2018

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.

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