Opinion
No. 05-16-01093-CV
12-29-2016
MICHAEL D. WILSON, Appellant v. WOODLAND HILLS APARTMENTS AND LUMACORPS INCORPORATED, Appellees
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2 Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. CC-15-05747-B
ORDER
Both the clerk's record and the reporter's record in this case are overdue. By postcard dated December 8, 2016, we notified the Dallas County Clerk that the clerk's record was overdue and we directed the district clerk to file the record within thirty days. Also by postcard dated December 8, 2016, we notified the court reporter for County Court at Law No. 2 that the reporter's record was overdue. We directed the court reporter to file the reporter's record within thirty days.
By letter dated December 9, 2016, the Dallas County Clerk responded that the clerk's record had been prepared, but not filed, because appellant had failed to pay for the record. However, it appears appellant has been found entitled to proceed without payment of costs in this appeal. Therefore, this Court ORDERS the Dallas County Clerk to file, within TWENTY DAYS of the date of this order, either (1) the clerk's record or (2) written verification that appellant has not paid for or made arrangements to pay for the clerk's record and that appellant has not been found entitled to proceed without payment of costs. We notify appellant that if we receive verification he has not made paid for or made arrangements to pay for the clerk's record and he has not been found entitled to proceed without payment of costs, we will, without further notice, dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b).
By letter dated December 12, 2016, Court Reporter Lanetta Williams responded to our late record notice and informed the Court that appellant had not requested the record or made payment arrangements for the reporter's record. Thereafter, appellant requested a reporter's record. Accordingly, we ORDER Lanetta Williams, Official Court Reporter for County Court at Law No. 2, to file, within TWENTY DAYS of the date of this order, either: (1) the reporter's record; (2) written verification that no hearings were recorded; or (3) written verification that appellant has not paid for or made arrangements to pay for the reporter's record and that appellant has not been found entitled to proceed without payment of costs. We notify appellant that if we receive verification no hearings were recorded or that he has not paid for or made arrangements to pay for the reporter's record and has not been found entitled to proceed without payment of costs, we will order the appeal submitted without the reporter's record. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(c)
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to the following persons:
John Warren
Dallas County Clerk
Lanetta Williams
Official Court Reporter
County Court at Law No. 2
/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE