Opinion
03-23-00404-CV
12-08-2023
Paul Johnson, Appellant v. Bastrop Central Appraisal District, Appellee
FROM THE 21ST DISTRICT COURT OF BASTROP COUNTY NO. 2333-21, THE HONORABLE CARSON TALMADGE CAMPBELL, JUDGE PRESIDING
Before Justices Baker, Triana, and Smith
ORDER
PER CURIAM
Appellant Paul Johnson has filed a notice of appeal from the trial court's June 21, 2023 order dismissing his suit. Appellant, however, has previously been designated a vexatious litigant in a March 1, 2023 order entered by the 21st District Court of Bastrop County in a different cause.
A vexatious litigant must comply with the procedures set forth in Chapter 11 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code as a prerequisite to filing "new litigation," including obtaining permission from the appropriate local administrative judge to file an appeal. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 11.102 (generally prohibiting vexatious litigant from filing "new litigation" without permission from local administrative judge), .103 (generally prohibiting clerk of court from filing "litigation, original proceeding, appeal, or other claim presented, pro se, by a vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under Section 11.101 unless the litigant obtains an order from the appropriate local administrative judge described by Section 11.101 unless the litigant obtains an order from the appropriate local administrative judge described by Section 11.102(a) permitting the filing"); Johnson v. Hughey, No. 06-12-00079-CV, 2012 WL 4761546, at *1-2 (Tex. App.-Texarkana Oct. 5, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op.). The appropriate local administrative judge with respect to the filing of this appeal is:
The Honorable Reva Towslee Corbett
335th District Court
804 Pecan Street
Bastrop, Texas 78602
Accordingly, this appeal is immediately stayed. This Court orders appellant within thirty days of the date of this order to demonstrate to this Court that he has obtained permission from the local administrative judge to file this appeal. If he fails to comply with this order within thirty days of the date of this order, this Court will dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
It is ordered.