In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-16-00015-CV
GREAT NORTHERN ENERGY, INC., Appellant
V.
CIRCLE RIDGE PRODUCTION, INC., Appellee
On Appeal from the 71st District Court
Harrison County, Texas
Trial Court No. 14-0460
Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
ORDER
Court reporter Tanya McFarland recorded the trial proceedings in appellate cause number
06-16-00015-CV, styled Great Northern Energy, Inc. v. Circle Ridge Production, Inc., trial court
cause number 14-0460, on appeal from the 71st Judicial District Court of Harrison County, Texas.
The reporter’s record was originally due in this matter on April 5, 2016. That deadline was
extended twice on McFarland’s requests, resulting in the most recent due date of June 6, 2016.
McFarland has now filed a third request seeking an additional twenty-one-day extension of the
filing deadline.
The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure establish that “trial and appellate courts are jointly
responsible for ensuring that the appellate record is timely filed.” TEX. R. APP. P. 35.3(c). The
Rules further instruct that an “appellate court may enter any order necessary to ensure the timely
filing of the appellate record.” Id. In furtherance of our responsibilities established by the Rules,
we find we must take steps to ensure that the record in this case is filed in a reasonable amount of
time.
Therefore, we overrule McFarland’s third request for an extension of the filing deadline
and order her to file the reporter’s record in cause number 06-16-00015-CV, styled Great Northern
Energy, Inc. v. Circle Ridge Production, Inc., trial court cause number 14-0460, on appeal from
the 71st Judicial District Court of Harrison County, Texas, to be received by this Court no later
than the close of business on Monday, June 27, 2016.
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If the reporter’s record is not received by June 27, we warn McFarland that we may begin
contempt proceedings and order her to demonstrate why she should not be held in contempt of this
Court for failing to obey its order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
Date: June 14, 2016
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