Order entered January 29, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00798-CV
DAVID FLORES, Appellant
V.
BLANCA FLORES, Appellee
On Appeal from the 330th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DF-13-17367
ORDER
The reporter’s record in this case is overdue. By order dated October 28, 2014, we
granted appellant’s motion to extend time to file appellant’s brief and reporter’s record. We
ordered appellant to file written verification that he had requested the reporter’s record and paid
for or made arrangements to pay for the reporter’s record. On November 13, 2014, appellant
filed a response to our October 28, 2014 order explaining that he had paid Ms. Duffey
approximately $423.00 for a copy of the reporter’s record that had been previously prepared in
this case, and that Ms. Duffey refused to file the reporter’s record in this Court until appellant’s
counsel paid an additional $423.00.
By order dated November 20, 2014, we notified Francheska Duffey, Official Court
Reporter for the 330th Judicial District Court, that the Court had received written verification of
payment for the reporter’s record in this case. We ordered Ms. Duffey to file the reporter’s
record by December 12, 2014. In response, Ms. Duffey filed a copy of a September 15, 2014
letter that had been previously filed with the Court explaining that the record had not been filed
because no financial arrangements had been made with appellant for the reporter’s record. Ms.
Duffey did not provide any explanation as to appellant’s response to our October 28, 2014 order
nor did she otherwise respond to our November 20, 2014 order directing the reporter’s record to
be filed.
Accordingly, this Court again ORDERS Court Reporter Francheska Duffey, Official Court
Reporter for the 330th Judicial District Court, to file the reporter’s record in this case within TEN
DAYS of the date of this order. We expressly CAUTION Francheska Duffey that failure to comply
with this order may result in an order for the trial court to conduct a hearing and make findings
regarding the status of payment for the reporter’s record in this appeal.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to the
following persons:
Honorable Andrea D. Plumlee
Presiding Judge
330th Judicial District Court
Francheska Duffey
Official Court Reporter
330th Judicial District Court
/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE