Ali Yazdchi v. Makansam Inc D/B/A Ideal Towing

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON ORDER Appellate case name: Ali Yazdchi v. Makansam Inc d/b/a Ideal Towing Appellate case number: 01-20-00008-CV Trial court case number: 1133779 Trial court: County Civil Court at Law No. 3 of Harris County The Court dismissed this appeal by opinion dated March 12, 2020 because appellant has been adjudicated a vexatious litigant and the appeal was not from a prefiling order or one approved by the local administrative judge. Although appellant had not yet filed a motion for rehearing, he filed and was granted three extensions before he filed a notice claiming that he had obtained permission to appeal. On August 25, 2020, this Court issued an order abating the appeal and requesting a supplemental clerk’s record containing the order granting appellant permission to appeal. On September 15, 2020, a supplemental clerk’s record was filed containing an order granting appellant permission to appeal. The Court, on its own motion, reinstates this appeal on the active docket, withdraws the opinion and judgment of March 12, 2020, and sets the reporter’s record due 30 days from the date of this order. The clerk’s record contains multiple statements of inability to afford payment of costs on appeal. The record contains no written order overruling appellant’s claim of inability. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145(a) (party who files statement of inability cannot be required to pay costs unless trial court signs written order as provided by the rule). Accordingly, the Clerk of this Court shall designate appellant as indigent and the record shall be filed at no cost to appellant. It is so ORDERED. Judge’s signature: ___Justice Peter Kelly________________________  Acting individually  Acting for the Court Panel includes Chief Justice Radack and Justices Kelly and Goodman. Date: ___December 14, 2021____