Opinion
No. 10-17-00256-CV
10-18-2017
ROBERT VANCE, Appellant v. STEVENS INVESTMENT GROUP, Appellee
From the County Court at Law No. 2 McLennan County, Texas
Trial Court No. 20170834CV2
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Robert Vance filed a notice of appeal in this Court on August 16, 2017. By letter dated, September 14, 2017, the Clerk of this Court warned appellant that the appeal would be dismissed without further notification unless, within 21 days from the date of the letter, a docketing statement was filed. No docketing statement was received and filed.
Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed. TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b).
Absent a specific exemption, the Clerk of the Court must collect filing fees at the time a document is presented for filing. TEX. R. APP. P. 12.1(b); Appendix to TEX. R. APP. P., Order Regarding Fees (Amended Aug. 28, 2007, eff. Sept. 1, 2007). See also TEX. R. APP. P. 5; 10TH TEX. APP. (WACO) LOC. R. 5; TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 51.207(b); § 51.941(a) (West 2005); and § 51.208 (West Supp. 2011). Under these circumstances, we suspend the rule and order the Clerk to write off all unpaid filing fees in this case. TEX. R. APP. P. 2. The write-off of the fees from the accounts receivable of the Court in no way eliminates or reduces the fees owed by appellants.
AL SCOGGINS
Justice Before Chief Justice Gray, Justice Davis, and Justice Scoggins
Appeal dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed October 18, 2017
[CV06]