Court Opinion

ID: 9370341
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-02-13 07:08:21.138363+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:16:21.132550
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COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
                            FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON

                                             ORDER

Appellate case name:      Eric D. Burns v. EMD Supply Inc., James A.White in his Official
                          Capacity as CEO of EMD Supply, et al.

Appellate case number:    01-22-00929-CV

Trial court case number: 22-DCV-294981

Trial court:              268th District Court of Fort Bend County

        Appellant Eric D. Burns (“Appellant”) filed a notice of appeal of the trial court’s orders
signed on October 31, 2022, November 12, 2022, and December 2, 2022. The clerk’s record
filed in this Court includes his Statement of Inability to Afford Payment of Court Costs or an
Appeal Bond (“Statement”), which was filed in the trial court on July 11, 2022. See TEX. R. CIV.
P. 145(a), (b), (d); see also TEX. R. CIV. P. 502.3. The clerk’s record does not reflect that any
motion to require Appellant to pay costs or any contest to Appellant’s Statement was filed. See
TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(f). Appellant filed a copy of his Statement in this Court on January 17,
2023. TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(a), (b).
        Therefore, the Clerk of this Court is directed to make an entry in this Court’s
records that Appellant is allowed to proceed on appeal without payment of costs and
without payment for the appellate record. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(a); TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(a),
(b). Court reporters Gina Jackson and Marisol Ramos are directed to prepare and file a
reporter’s record at no cost to Appellant. The reporter’s record is due to be filed no later than
30 days from the date of this order. Appellant’s brief will be due thirty days from the date the
reporter’s record is complete. TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(a).
       It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: /s/ Veronica Rivas-Molloy
                   Acting individually

Date: February 7, 2023