Opinion
No. 04-14-00033-CV
04-14-2014
Osbaldo A. SAENZ Jr., Appellant v. Osbaldo A. SAENZ Sr. and Maria Estela G. Saenz Trust through their Trustee Esther A.S. Salmon, Estela Tijerina, and the Estate of Alfredo Garza Tijerina, Deceased, Appellees
From the 229th Judicial District Court, Starr County, Texas
Trial Court No. DC-11-242
Honorable Ana Lisa Garza, Judge Presiding
ORDER
Appellant Osbaldo A. Saenz Jr. has filed a motion to consolidate appeal number 04-14-00033-CV and appeal number 04-14-00040-CV. On March 21, 2014, we issued an order asking the appellees in both appeals to file a response indicating any objection to the motion to consolidate. No responses were filed. The court has examined the records in the two appeals and has determined that they should be consolidated. Appellant's motion to consolidate is GRANTED.
It is therefore ORDERED that appeal numbers 04-14-00033-CV and 04-14-00040-CV are consolidated for appeal under appeal number 04-14-00033-CV. Appeal number 04-14-00040-CV is hereby administratively closed, and all documents filed under that appeal number are to be transferred to appeal number 04-14-00033-CV. The parties shall file all future motions, briefs, and other documents relating to either matter under appeal number 04-14-00033-CV. If this court decides to submit this cause by oral argument, the matters shall be argued as a single proceeding, and the total time limit for each party at oral argument shall equal the ordinary time limit for a single appeal. See 4TH TEX. APP. (SAN ANTONIO) LOC. R. 9.1. The court will dispose of the consolidated appeal with one judgment, opinion, and mandate.
The "Motion Requesting Permission For Appellant to Have Access to the Trial Court Clerk's Records and a Copy For Each Individual Cause, 04-14-00033-CV, and 04-14-00040-CV And a Waiver of Copy Fees" filed on March 17, 2014, is DENIED.
The "Motion Requesting Permission From Appellate Court For Appellant to Have Access to the Trial Court Clerk's Records and For a Reasonable Fee to Purchase a Copy of the Trial Clerk's Records Cause Numbers 04-14-00033-CV, and 04-14-00040-CV" filed on March 26, 2014, is DENIED.
The motion for extension of time to file Appellant's brief filed on April 4, 2014, is GRANTED. Appellant's brief is due THIRTY DAYS from the date of this order.
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Patricia O. Alvarez, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 14th day of April, 2014.
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Keith E. Hottle
Clerk of Court