Opinion
No. 05-19-00988-CV
01-09-2020
COREY STEELE, Appellant v. MARK HUMPHREYS, ET AL., Appellees
On Appeal from the 193rd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-19-04082
ORDER
Before the Court are appellant's January 7, 2020 motion to supplement the clerk's record, appellees' response opposing the motion, and appellant's objection to the response and request for declaratory sanctions. We DENY the motion and appellant's request for declaratory sanctions.
Appellant filed his brief on the merits on December 30, 2019. The brief fails to meet the requirements set forth in rules of appellate procedure 9.4 and 38.1. See TEX. RS. APP. P. 9.4, 38.1. Specifically, appellant's brief fails to meet the following requirements:
1. It does not contain a table of contents with references to the pages of the brief. TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1(b).
2. It does not contain an index of authorities arranged alphabetically and indicating the pages of the brief where the authorities are cited. TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1(c).
3. It does not contain a concise statement of the case, the course of proceedings, and the trial court's disposition of the case supported by record references. TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1(d).
4. It does not contain a concise statement of the facts supported by record references. TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1(g).
5. It does not contain a succinct, clear, and accurate statement of the arguments made in the body of the brief with citations to the record. TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1(h).
6. It does not contain a proper certificate of compliance. TEX. R. APP. P. 9.4(i)(3).
7. It does not contain an appendix with the necessary documents. TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1(k)(1)(A)-(C).
Appellant shall file, by January 21, 2020, an amended brief correcting the above-noted deficiencies. We caution appellant that failure to comply may result in dismissal of the appeal without further notice. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3 (b), (c).
/s/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III
CHIEF JUSTICE