Opinion
06-21-00038-CV
07-07-2021
CHARLES BLOOMFIELD AND NIKITA LAMEE BLOOMFIELD, Appellants v. SPRING INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee
Date Submitted: July 6, 2021
On Appeal from the 151st District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court No. 2010-69231
Before Morriss, C.J., Burgess and Stevens, JJ.MEMORANDUM OPINION
Josh R. Morriss, III Chief Justice
Charles Bloomfield and Nikita A. Bloomfield, appellants, filed a notice of appeal in this matter on April 29, 2021. The clerk's record was due to be filed in this case on or before February 21, 2012. Appellants are not indigent and are thus responsible for paying or making adequate arrangements to pay the clerk's fee for preparing the record. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). The district clerk has informed this Court that the fee has not been paid for the preparation of the clerk's record.
Originally appealed to the First Court of Appeals in Houston, this case was transferred to this Court by the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. § 73.001.
By letter dated May 4, 2021, appellants were provided with notice of and an opportunity to cure this defect. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b), (c). The clerk's letter further warned appellants that, if they did not submit an adequate response to the notice by June 3, 2021, this appeal would be subject to dismissal for want of prosecution and for failure to comply with the above-cited rules. Appellants have not paid for the preparation of the clerk's record and have not filed proof of indigency. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1. Further, we have received no communication from appellants responsive to the May 4 correspondence. Accordingly, this appeal is ripe for dismissal.
Pursuant to Rule 42.3, subsections (b) and (c), of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution.