Order entered April 30, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-13-00020-CR
STEPHEN LEN HEJNY, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 282nd Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F12-58342-S
ORDER
The Court REINSTATES the appeal.
On March 19, 2014, this Court ordered the Honorable Mary Murphy, Presiding Judge of
the First Administrative Judicial Region, to refer this matter to the Presiding Judge of the Dallas
County District Courts for a determination of whether this case should be transferred from the
282nd Judicial District Court to another court to provide for the “efficient operation of the court
system and effective administration of justice.” See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 74.092(10) (West
2013). Additionally, the order required findings regarding why appellant’s brief has not been
filed. We received correspondence from the Honorable Mary Murphy stating that, to her
understanding, neither the Honorable Andy Chatham, Presiding Judge, 282nd Judicial District
Court, the Honorable Robert Burns, Presiding Judge of the Dallas County District Courts, nor
Michael Casillas of the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office had received the Court’s March
19, 2014 order. We have now received the trial court’s findings.
We ADOPT the findings that: (1) the trial court conducted a search through the OnBase
and FORVUS systems and determined there is no “remand” order of this Court on the system;
(2) the trial court never received copies of our abatement orders; (3) appellant is indigent; and (4)
Katherine Drew of the Dallas County Public Defender’s Office has been appointed to represent
appellant in this appeal.
We DIRECT the Clerk to add Katherine Drew as appellant’s attorney of record.
We further DIRECT the Clerk to contact the Court Coordinators of the Criminal District
Court No. 1 and the 282nd Judicial District Court to obtain the correct e-mail addresses for those
courts.
We ORDER appellant to file his brief within FORTY-FIVE DAYS of the date of this
order.
We DIRECT the Clerk to send copies of this order, by electronic transmission, to the
Honorable Mary Murphy, Presiding Judge of the First Administrative Judicial Region; the
Honorable Robert Burns, Presiding Judge of the Dallas County District Courts; the Honorable
Andy Chatham, Presiding Judge, 282nd Judicial District Court; Katherine Drew; and Michael
Casillas.
/s/ LANA MYERS
JUSTICE