Opinion
No. 05-20-00066-CV
07-08-2020
IN RE JAMES DONDERO, Relator
Original Proceeding from the 256th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-11-16417
ORDER
Before Justices Schenck, Partida-Kipness, and Nowell
Before the Court are relator's January 16, 2020 petition for writ of mandamus and real party's March 25, 2020 response. In his petition, relator challenges the trial court's October 21, 2019 Order Granting Payment of Debt Collections Attorney's Fees, in which the trial court refers to a hearing conducted on October 18, 2019. The Court determined that the transcript of the October 18, 2019 hearing would aid its disposition of this matter and directed relator to supplement the mandamus record with a copy of that transcript and any evidence or exhibits presented at that hearing on or before June 24, 2020. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.7(b). By order dated June 30, 2020, this Court ordered relator to respond to this Court on or before July 6, 2020, explaining why this Court should not deny his writ. See TEX. R. APP. P. 52.7(a).
By letter dated July 1, 2020, relator responded to this Court, asserting that he had requested the transcript before filing the instant petition, but he did not include a copy of the transcript because the court reporter did not have it. Relator further responded that he again requested the transcript after receiving this Court's June 30, 2020 order and received a response from the court reporter that her equipment had malfunctioned such that she is unable to produce a record of that hearing.
We ORDER relator to respond on or before JULY 15, 2020, whether he and real party in interest are able to replace the transcript and any admitted exhibits by agreement of the parties. See TEX. R. APP. P. 34.2.
We further ORDER any agreed record and related exhibits to be filed on or before JULY 22, 2020.
/s/ DAVID J. SCHENCK
JUSTICE