Brown v. Cocco

Full title: MALIKE BROWN, Appellant v. CATHERINE T. COCCO, Appellee

Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Fifth District, Dallas

Date published: Mar 13, 2024

No. 05-23-01151-CV (Tex. App. Mar. 13, 2024)

Opinion

05-23-01151-CV

03-13-2024

MALIKE BROWN, Appellant v. CATHERINE T. COCCO, Appellee

KEN MOLBERG, JUSTICE

On Appeal from the 298th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-23-18713

ORDER

KEN MOLBERG, JUSTICE

The reporter's record in this case is overdue. By order dated February 29, 2024 we ordered Jennifer Jacobs, Official Court Reporter for the 298th Judicial District Court, to file either the reporter's record, or written verification that appellant had not paid for or made arrangements to pay for the record. Ms. Jacobs responded to the Court's order informing the Court that although she had received a written request for preparation of the record, she had not received "satisfactory payment" to begin transcription of the record. We then informed appellant the record had not been filed because appellant had not paid for or made arrangements to pay for the record. We informed appellant that unless appellant provided, within ten days, verification that appellant had paid for or made arrangements to pay for the record, or documentation showing appellant was entitled to proceed without payment of costs we would order the appeal submitted without a reporter's record. In response, appellant filed a letter stating counsel had paid for the reporter's record in full, with a copy of a Zelle receipt, dated January 3, 2024, for the full amount of the invoice for the reporter's record.

Accordingly, we ORDER Court Reporter Jennifer Jacobs to file the complete reporter's record in this case within FIFTEEN DAYS of the date of this order. We expressly CAUTION Ms. Jacobs that failure to comply with this order may result in this Court abating the case for a hearing to determine the status of the reporter's record and an order that Ms. Jacobs not sit as a court reporter until such time as she complies with the Court's orders.

We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to send a copy of this order to the following:

Honorable Emily Tobolowsky

Presiding Judge

298th Judicial District Court

Jennifer Jacobs

Official Court Reporter

298th Judicial District Court All Parties