Court Opinion

ID: 9368614
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Date Created: 2023-02-06 07:08:07.378185+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:09.365099
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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., incarcerated and proceeding pro se, filed
a notice of appeal from the trial court’s October 25, 2022 final judgment. On January 24,
2023, this Court issued an order granting appellant’s request to proceed without payment
of costs on appeal.
       Also on January 24, 2023, appellant filed a “Motion for This Court to Serve Parties.”
In his motion, appellant requests that the Clerk of this Court “serve all other parties” on
appeal with documents filed by appellant, because he is “too poor to serve parties or
coordinate service.” Service of documents is governed by Texas Rule of Appellate
Procedure 9.5 and requires that “[a]t or before the time of a document’s filing, the filing
party must serve a copy on all parties to the proceeding.” TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5(a).
       Rule 9.5 further provides the manners of service available to parties. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 9.5(b). Rule 9.5 stats that any document filed electronically under Rule 9.2 “must
be served electronically through the electronic filing manager if the email address of the
party or attorney to be served is on file with the electronic filing manager. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 9.5(b)(1). Rule 9.5 also requires that a “document presented for filing must contain
a proof of service in the form of either an acknowledgement of service by the person served
or a certificate of service.” TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5(d).
       While the Court has ordered that appellant be permitted to proceed without payment
of costs on appeal, Rule 9.5 does not provide any exceptions to the requirement for service
of documents on parties based on indigence. Accordingly, appellant’s “Motion for This
Court to Serve Parties” is denied. All documents filed by appellant must comply with the
service requirements set out in Rule 9.5.
      It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: ______/s/ April Farris_______
                    Acting individually       Acting for the Court

Date: ___January 31, 2023______