COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON
ORDER ON MOTION
Cause number: 01-17-00825-CV
Style: In the Matter of T.S.
Date motion filed*: December 7, 2017
Type of motion: Motion for Substitution of Counsel
Party filing motion: Appellant’s Appointed Counsel Joseph Kyle Verret
Document to be filed: Certificate of service on pro se appellant
Is appeal accelerated? Yes (juvenile certification).
Ordered that motion is:
Granted
If document is to be filed, document due: December 22, 2017.
Denied
Dismissed (e.g., want of jurisdiction, moot)
Other: _____________________________________
Appellant’s motion for substitution of appointed counsel Joseph Kyle Verret is
granted because it complies with Rule 6.5 and was signed by both original and new
counsel. See TEX. R. APP. P. 6.5(d). However, withdrawing counsel Christopher
Gisentaner is ordered to mail a copy of the motion and this order to the pro se
appellant via certified and first-class mail and to file a certificate of service with this
Court within 10 days of the date of this order. See id. 6.5(b), (d). The Clerk of this
Court is directed to remove Christopher Gisentaner as counsel for appellant and
substitute Joseph Kyle Verret as the lead counsel of record.
Judge’s signature: /s/ Laura C. Higley
Acting for the Court
Date: December 12, 2017
November 7, 2008 Revision