Order entered December 3, 2019
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-19-01329-CV
ZIA UL-HAQ SHEIKH, Appellant
V.
JANE DOE, Appellee
On Appeal from the 298th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-18-08987
ORDER
The reporter’s record in this appeal has not been filed and is not due until December 6,
2019. Before the Court are court reporter Marcey J. Poeckes’s contest to appellant’s affidavit of
inability to pay costs and appellant’s motion for extension of time to file his brief.
We take no action on the contest as a contest to a party’s statement of inability to afford
costs is governed by Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 145 and determined by the trial court. See
TEX. R. CIV. P. 145; see also TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1. As to the extension motion, we DENY it as
premature. Because the reporter’s record has not been filed, appellant’s brief is not yet due.
On the Court’s own motion, we extend the time for filing the reporter’s record and
ORDER it be filed no later than January 6, 2020.
We DIRECT the Clerk of the Court to send a copy of this order to the Honorable Emily
G. Tobolowsky, Presiding Judge of the 298th Judicial District Court; Ms. Poeckes; and, the
parties.
/s/ KEN MOLBERG
JUSTICE