Opinion
NO. 02-13-00406-CV
03-13-2014
R. WAYNE JOHNSON APPELLANT v. STEPHEN MARSH APPELLEE
FROM THE 158TH DISTRICT COURT OF DENTON COUNTY
MEMORANDUM OPINION
See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
Appellant, who has been determined to be a vexatious litigant subject to a pre-filing order under section 11.101(a) of the civil practice and remedies code, is attempting to appeal from a trial court order dismissing his suit for failure to obtain a pre-filing order from the local administrative judge. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 11.101(a) (West Supp. 2013). Likewise, appellant has failed to obtain a pre-filing order before filing this appeal, despite our January 13, 2014 notice giving him ten days to obtain such an order or face dismissal. See id. § 11.103(a) (West Supp. 2013).
We take judicial notice of the list maintained by the Office of Court Administration at http://www.txcourts.gov/oca/vexatiouslitigants.asp. See Merritt v. Davis, No. 05-13-00819-CV, 2013 WL 4459024, at *1 n.1 (Tex. App.—Dallas Aug. 19, 2013, no pet.) (mem. op.); Douglas v. Am. Title Co., 196 S.W.3d 876, 878 n.2 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2006, no pet.).
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Section 11.103(a) of the civil practice and remedies code provides that "a clerk of a court may not file a 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 . . . permitting the filing." Id. Appellant failed to obtain a pre-filing order from the local administrative judge before filing this appeal; he also failed to obtain such an order after notice from this court. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See id.; Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c); In re Johnson, No. 03-14-00006-CV, 2014 WL 411763, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin Jan. 31, 2014, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.); Kastnerv. Fulco, No. 01-13-00100-CV, 2013 WL 6157392, at *1-2 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Nov. 21, 2013, no pet.) (mem. op.); Merritt v. Davis, No. 05-13-00819-CV, 2013 WL 4459024, at *1 (Tex. App.— Dallas Aug. 19, 2013, no pet.) (mem. op.); Minnfee v. Currietu, No. 13-13-00246-CV, 2013 WL 2949348, at *1 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi June 13, 2013, no pet.) (mem. op.); Scott v. Morgan, Nos. 14-12-00268-CV, 14-12-00269-CV, 2013 WL 2149805, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] May 16, 2013, no pet.) (mem. op.); Minnfee v. Williams, No. 09-12-00328-CV, 2012 WL 4713721, at *1 (Tex. App.—Beaumont Oct. 4, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op.).
PER CURIAM PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; DAUPHINOT and GARDNER, JJ.