Order entered April 19, 2021
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-20-01006-CV
CONTINENTAL HERITAGE INSURANCE COMPANY,
AGENT PAT KINNARD D/B/A PAT KINNARD BAIL BONDS, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 291st Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. F18-41976-U
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Goldstein, and Justice Smith
Appellant filed a motion to correct ordered costs in this case. In response,
appellee filed a plea to the jurisdiction. The clerk’s record includes the trial court’s
docket entry stating that it is “without jurisdiction in this matter and the motion is
hereby denied.” The trial court, however, did not sign an order pursuant to the
docket entry.
Accordingly, on the Court’s own motion, we ABATE this appeal to allow
the trial court to perform its ministerial duty of signing an order in accordance with
its ruling. We ORDER Dallas County District Clerk Felicia Pitre to file, within
twenty-five days of the date of this order, a supplemental clerk’s record containing
the trial court’s signed order.
We SUSPEND the current deadline for appellant’s brief on the merits. The
Court will set a new deadline for appellant’s brief once the supplemental clerk’s
record is filed and reviewed.
We will reinstate this appeal within twenty-five days of the date of this
order.
We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a copy of this order to The
Honorable Stephanie Huff, Presiding Judge of the 291st Judicial District Court;
Ms. Pitre; and, all parties.
/s/ ROBERT D. BURNS, III
CHIEF JUSTICE