Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 29, 2004.
In The
Fourteenth Court of Appeals
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NO. 14-04-00103-CV
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RALPH O. DOUGLAS, Appellant
V.
VERNON and CLARA KING, Appellees
On Appeal from the 190th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 01-57519
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
This is an appeal from a summary judgment signed January 20, 2004. Appellant filed his notice of appeal on February 5, 2004. No clerk=s record has been filed. The clerk responsible for preparing the record in this appeal informed the court appellant did not make arrangements to pay for the record.
On March 31, 2004, notification was transmitted to all parties of the court=s intent to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless, within fifteen days, appellant paid or made arrangements to pay for the record and provided this court with proof of payment. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). On April 5, 2004, appellant responded by submitting an affidavit of inability to pay costs.
Appellant must file the affidavit of indigence in the trial court with or before the notice of appeal. Tex. R. App. P. 20.1(c)(1). Because appellant=s affidavit was required to be filed in the trial court on or before February 5, 2004, when the notice of appeal was filed, appellant=s affidavit filed in this court is both improper and untimely. The Harris County District Clerk=s office informed this court that it had no affidavit of indigence on file.
Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.
PER CURIAM
Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed April 29, 2004.
Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Frost and Guzman.