Opinion
NO. 01-17-00636-CV
01-30-2018
VALERIE CARDENAS, Appellant v. ROLONDO FUENTES, Appellee
On Appeal from the 507th District Court Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Case No. 2016-25233
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Valerie Cardenas has neither paid the required fees nor established indigence for purposes of appellate costs. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases unless indigent); TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing indigence); see also TEX. GOV'T CODE §§ 51.207, 51.941(a), 101.041 (listing fees in court of appeals); Order Regarding Fees Charged in Civil Cases in the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals and Before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Misc. Docket No. 15-9158 (listing fees in court of appeals). After being notified that this appeal was subject to dismissal, appellant responded by filing a letter stating that the trial court was holding a hearing to determine indigence on October 5, 2017. Despite this notice, appellant has not advised the court of the outcome of the hearing and has not provided a clerk's record containing any indigence documents. A subsequent notice from the court reporter states that appellant's counsel stated "she is no longer pursuing the appeal and no longer needs the record."
The appeal is dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (allowing enforcement of rule requiring payment of fees); TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c) (allowing involuntary dismissal of case). Any pending motions are also dismissed as moot.
PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Jennings, Massengale, and Caughey.