Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2013

Demetria Johnson v. Mohamad Akbari

Demetria Johnson v. Mohamad Akbari
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided February 14, 2013

Demetria Johnson v. Mohamad Akbari

Opinion

Opinion issued February 14, 2013

In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas NO. 01-12-01060-CV DEMETRIA JOHNSON, Appellant V. MOHAMAD AKBARI, Appellee On Appeal from County Court at Law No. 4 Fort Bend County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 12CCV049153

MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellee, Mohamad Akbari, has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution because appellant, Demetria Johnson, has failed to pay the required filing fee. We grant the motion and dismiss the appeal.

The filing fee was due on December 3, 2012. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (“A party who is not excused by statute or these rules from paying costs must pay—at the time an item is presented for filing—whatever fees are required by statute or Supreme Court order.”), 20.1 (listing requirements for establishing indigence); see also TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 51.207 (West Supp. 2012), §.51.941(a) (West 2005), § 101.041 (West Supp. 2012) (listing fees in court of appeals); Order Regarding Fees Charged in Civil Cases in the Supreme Court and the Courts of Appeals and Before the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation, Misc. Docket No. 07-9138 (Tex. Aug. 28, 2007), reprinted in TEX. R. APP. P. app. A § B(1) (listing fees in court of appeals).

The Court’s records reflect that appellant has neither paid the required filing fee for the appeal nor established indigence for purposes of appellate costs. After being notified that the appeal was subject to dismissal, appellant did not respond.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (allowing enforcement of rule); 42.3(b), (c) (authorizing involuntary dismissal of case). In addition, appellant did not respond to appellee’s motion to dismiss the appeal.

Accordingly, we grant appellee’s motion and dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. We dismiss all other pending motions as moot.

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Higley and Brown.

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