Hopkins v. City of Elizabeth

Full title: Jermaine A. Hopkins, Appellant v. The City of Austin; Marc Ott; Hubert…

Court: TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

Date published: May 4, 2016

NO. 03-16-00204-CV (Tex. App. May. 4, 2016)

Opinion

NO. 03-16-00204-CV

05-04-2016

Jermaine A. Hopkins, Appellant v. The City of Austin; Marc Ott; Hubert "Art" Acevedo; Elizabeth Alvarado; City of Austin Communications and Technology Management Department; City of Austin Human Resources Department; City of Austin Office of the City Clerk; City of Austin Office of the Police Monitor; City of Austin Law Department; City of Austin Police Department; Eloy del Bosque; Michael "Mike" Cronig; Cathy Curtis; David Douglas; Stephen Elkins; David Escamilla; Margo Frasier; Louis Gonzales; Jannette Goodall; Elizabeth Cary Grace; Marci Graham; Patricia Gutierrez; Joya Hayes; Karen Kennard; Sandra Kim; David Lothery; Brian Manley; Michael McDonald; Andrew Michael; Renee Moore; Anne Morgan; Elaine Nicholson; Catherine Riley; Meghan Riley; Lee Rogers; Allen Smiley; Todd Smith; Ann Spiegel; Cynthia Tom; Desta Walker; Mark Washington; and Beverly West, Appellees

PER CURIAM

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 419TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. D-1-GN-15-000927, HONORABLE AMY CLARK MEACHUM, JUDGE PRESIDINGORDER

PER CURIAM

Appellant Jermaine A. Hopkins filed a motion for review and a supplemental motion for review of the district court's April 14, 2016 order sustaining contests to his indigency filed by Travis County District Clerk Velva Price, court reporter LaSonya Thomas, and appellee Anne Morgan. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(j).

Having reviewed the motions and the record, we conclude that the district court's order did not constitute an abuse of its discretion. See Kastner v. Texas Bd. of Law Exam'rs, No. 03-08-00515-CV, 2009 Tex. App. LEXIS 6381, at *5 (Tex. App.—Austin Aug. 12, 2009, no pet.) (mem. op.) Kindle v. United Servs. Auto. Ass'n, 357 S.W.3d 377, 380 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2011, pet. denied); Few v. Few, 271 S.W.3d 341, 344-45 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2008, pet. denied) (all applying abuse-of-discretion standard to review trial court's order sustaining indigency contest). As such, we deny Hopkins's motion for review and supplemental motion for review of the district court's April 14, 2016 order sustaining contests to his indigency. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(j)(4).

It is ordered on May 4, 2016. Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Bourland