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Date Created: 2023-07-30 08:10:46.160195+00
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Appellate Cause No. 14-22-00679-CV Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion
filed July 20, 2023; Order in 14-22-00691-CV filed July 20, 2023.

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals
                                    ____________

                              NO. 14-22-00679-CV
                              NO. 14-22-00691-CV
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         HELEN CRAWFORD AND ALL RESIDENTS, Appellants
                                        V.

                          AZH LANDS, LLC, Appellee

             On Appeal from the County Civil Court at Law No. 2
                           Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 1188879

                  MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

      On October 6, 2023, this court consolidated these two appeals from the same
trial court case number and judgment. The appeal in number 14-22-00679-CV was
a purported motion to review an alleged denial of appellant Helen Crawford’s
statement of inability to pay costs. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 145(g). This court may
review such an order “by motion filed in the court of appeals with jurisdiction over
an appeal from the judgment in the case.” Tex. R. Civ. P. 145(g)(1). This court
has assigned number 14-22-00691-CV to appellants’ appeal of the judgment in the
underlying case. Appellant Helen Crawford’s motion to review the alleged denial
of her statement of inability to pay costs was mistakenly docketed as a separate
appeal number. Because appeal number 14-22-00679-CV was opened in error, we
dismiss that appeal. Hotze v. In Mgmt., LLC, No. 14-19-00951-CV, 2019 WL
7372061 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Dec. 31, 2019, no pet.) (mem. op.).1

       On June 6, 2023, we ordered appellant to file a brief in appeal number 14-
22-00691-CV by June 29, 2023 or the appeal would be subject to dismissal without
further notice. No brief has been filed.

       On June 26, 2023, we granted appellants’ motion to stay trial court
proceedings for this court to consider appellants’ motion to review the supersedeas
bond amount set by the trial court on June 8, 2023. See Tex. R. App. P. 24.4.

       Because our review of the supersedeas bond is pending, we will not dismiss
the appeal in 14-22-00691-CV for failure to file a brief at this time. However,
appellants are ordered to file a brief in 14-22-00691-CV within 10 days of the
issuance of our order on the motion to review the supersedeas bond or the appeal
will be dismissed for want of prosecution.

       We dismiss appellate cause number 14-22-00679-CV.

                                     PER CURIAM

Panel Consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Jewell and Spain.

       1
        In any event, on October 6, 2022, this court determined that the record contained no
reviewable order denying a statement of inability to pay costs.
                                             2