Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2012

Patricia Ann Potts v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Patricia Ann Potts v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided October 25, 2012

Patricia Ann Potts v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services

Opinion

Order of September 21, 2012 Withdrawn, Appeal Reinstated and Order filed October 25, 2012

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals ____________ NO. 14-12-00648-CV ____________ PATRICIA ANN POTTS, Appellant V. TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, ET AL, Appellees

On Appeal from the 257th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2012-24678

ORDER This attempted appeal is from an order signed June 15, 2012, dismissing the underlying suit. On September 21, 2012, we abated this appeal for a determination of indigence and findings pursuant to section 13.003 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 13.003(a). On October 12, 2012, we were notified that pursuant to section 11.103 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, Patricia Ann Potts has been declared a vexatious litigant and is therefore

subject to the pre-filing order under section 11.101. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 11.101, 11.103 (West Supp. 2012).

Under section 11.103(a), the clerk of this court may not file an appeal presented by a vexatious litigant subject to a pre-filing order under section 11.101 unless the litigant obtains an order from the local administrative judge permitting the filing, or the appeal is from a pre-filing order entered under section 11.101 designating a person a vexatious litigant. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 11.103(a) & (d) (West Supp. 2012). This is not an appeal from a pre-filing order entered under section 11.101. Accordingly, we withdraw our order of September 21, 2012, and reinstate the appeal.

This court will consider dismissal of this appeal unless appellant, within 10 days of the date of this order, shows that she has obtained an order from the local administrative judge permitting the filing of this appeal. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.

Code Ann. § 11.103(a) (West Supp. 2012).

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Frost, Christopher, and Jamison.

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