CHIEF JUSTICE LISA MATZ CAROLYN WRIGHT CLERK OF THE COURT (214) 712-3450 JUSTICES [email protected] DAVID L. BRIDGES MOLLY FRANCIS GAYLE HUMPA DOUGLAS S. LANG BUSINESS ADMINISTRATOR ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS (214) 712-3434 ROBERT M. FILLMORE [email protected] LANA MYERS Court of Appeals DAVID EVANS FACSIMILE ADA BROWN Fifth District of Texas at Dallas (214) 745-1083 CRAIG STODDART COMMERCE STREET, SUITE 200 BILL WHITEHILL INTERNET DAVID J. SCHENCK DALLAS, TEXAS 75202 WWW.TXCOURTS.GOV/5THCOA.ASPX JASON BOATRIGHT (214) 712-3400

May 21, 2018

Ms. Aretha Goines 2007 Cobblestone Trail Forney, Texas 75126 RE: Court of Appeals Number: 05-18-00415-CV Trial Court Case Number: DC-16-16186 Style: Aretha Goines v. Ally Financial Dear Ms. Goines: The Court has reviewed the parties’ jurisdictional letter briefs. As no dispute exists between the parties that appellant did not participate in the complained-of judgment and the record does not reflect appellant timely filed a post-judgment motion or request for findings of fact and conclusions of law, it appears the notice of appeal is timely as a notice of restricted appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(c), 30. Accordingly, appellant is directed to file, no later than May 31, 2018, an amended notice of appeal that complies with Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 25.1(d)(1)-(5),(7).

Respectfully, /s/ Lisa Matz, Clerk of the Court ltr/lp cc: Kimberly P. Harris