Evelyn Wyatt v. Cynthia M. Simon, Jerry L. Schutza, Jaikshin S. Bhagia and Nanik S. Bhagia

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON ORDER AND NOTICE OF INTENT TO DISMISS FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION Appellate case name: Evelyn Wyatt v. Cynthia M. Simon, Jerry L. Schutza, Jaikshin S. Bhagia and Nanik S. Bhagia Appellate case number: 01-15-00497-CV Trial court case number: 2014-59033 Trial court: 55th District Court of Harris County On May 29, 2015, appellant, Evelyn Wyatt, via counsel, filed a notice of appeal in the trial court from the final judgment, signed on March 3, 2015, after timely filing a motion for new trial in this contract action. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(a)(1). On July 28, 2015, this Court granted appellant’s counsel’s compliant motion to withdraw after he paid for the filing fee, but directed counsel to notify appellant of her obligations to timely pay for the clerk’s record and to file an appellate brief if she proceeded without counsel. On October 19, 2015, after the trial-court clerk filed a notice stating that the clerk’s record had not yet been filed in this Court due to non-payment by appellant, the Clerk of this Court notified the pro se appellant that this Court may dismiss this appeal if she failed to pay the clerk’s record fee by November 18, 2015. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b), 42.3. Because the pro se appellant mistakenly sent a check for the filing fee to this Court on November 23, 2015, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant, on November 24, 2015, that it was returning her check since it was already paid, and that the clerk’s record fee should be made to the Harris County District Clerk’s Office. Accordingly, because the clerk’s record has yet to be filed, it is ORDERED that appellant contact the trial-court clerk and pay, or make arrangements to pay, the clerk’s record fee within 30 days of the date of this order, or this appeal will be dismissed without further notice. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b), (c). It is so ORDERED. Judge’s signature: /s/ Evelyn V. Keyes  Acting individually  Acting for the Court Date: January 12, 2016