Opinion
No. 04-16-00499-CV
10-20-2016
IN THE MATTER OF B.M.G.
From the 386th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2015JUV00641-W1
Honorable Laura Parker, Judge Presiding
ORDER
Appellant B.M.G. filed separate notices of appeal for related underlying issues in appeals numbered 04-16-00498-CV and 04-16-00499-CV. The appellate records were complete on October 3, 2016, and Appellant's briefs are due on November 2, 2016. On October 17, 2016, Appellant filed motions in each appeal to consolidate the two appeals.
Appellant's motions are GRANTED. We direct the clerk of this court to consolidate appeals numbered 04-16-00498-CV and 04-16-00499-CV. The appeals are consolidated for purposes of any further orders, briefs, submission, opinion, judgment, and mandate.
Appellant's brief is due on November 2, 2016. Appellant must present for review any issues he wishes to raise from either appeal; the State's brief may respond to Appellant's issues. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1, 38.2. Appellant may file a reply brief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.3. Each brief's caption must include the numbers for both appeals. Any other documents the parties file must likewise contain both numbers.
We ORDER the clerk of this court to retain the separate records for the appeals and to file any future documents for the consolidated appeal in this court's records for both appeals.
If oral argument is ordered, the consolidated appeal must be argued within the applicable time limits for a single appeal. See 4TH TEX. APP. (SAN ANTONIO) LOC. R. 9.1. This court will dispose of the consolidated appeal with one opinion, judgment, and mandate.
/s/_________
Luz Elena D. Chapa, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 20th day of October, 2016.
/s/_________
Keith E. Hottle
Clerk of Court