Order entered July 22, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00859-CV
THERESA BARNETT, Appellant
V.
DAVID S. CROCKETT, ET AL., Appellees
On Appeal from the 116th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 10-00136
ORDER
We GRANT appellant’s July 17, 2014 first motion for extension of time to file her
affidavit of indigency. The affidavit filed in this Court on July 17, 2014 is deemed timely filed.
Pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 20.1(h)(4), we refer the affidavit to the trial court.
See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1(h)(4). Under appellate rule 20.1(e), the clerk, reporter, or any party may
challenge the indigency claim by filing a contest with the trial court clerk. See id. 20.1(e). We
ORDER any contests be filed no later than August 4, 2014 and the hearing on any contests be
held no later than August 14, 2014. See id. 20.1(e),(i). We further ORDER Dallas County
District Clerk Gary Fitzsimmons to file, no later than August 20, 2014, either (1) a supplemental
clerk’s record containing a copy of any contests and any order on the contests or (2) written
verification that no contests were filed. We DENY appellant’s July 13, 2014 amended motion
to apply rule 2 of the rules of appellate procedure to “suspend application of any rule within the
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, including rule 9 and the short time-table to comply that
would otherwise prevent this Court from ruling thoughtfully and quickly in favor of Appellant.”
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to send copies of this order to (1) the Honorable
Tonya Parker, Presiding Judge of the 116th Judicial District Court; (2) Renee Carroll, Official
Court Reporter of the 116th Judicial District Court; (3) Mr. Fitzsimmons; and, (4) the parties.
/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE