Order entered May 1, 2019
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-19-00038-CV
BASIL BROWN, Appellant
V.
ROBERT HAWKINS, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court At Law No. 1
Kaufman County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 16C-0127
ORDER
Appellant has been declared a vexatious litigant and is required to obtain permission from the
local administrative judge to file this appeal. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 11.103(a).
After granting appellant two extensions, the Court received a copy of the March 22, 2019 order of the
Honorable Carter Thompson, Local Administrative Judge in Dallas County. By order dated March
27, 2019, we acknowledged receipt of the March 22nd order and set the deadline for the reporter’s
record. After appellee objected to this Court’s March 27th order asserting that appellant had to
obtain permission from the local administrative judge of Kaufman County, we vacated that order on
April 17, 2019 and ordered appellant to file, by May 7, 2019, a copy of an order from the local
administrative judge of Kaufman County permitting the filing of this appeal.
Before the Court is appellant’s objection to this Court’s April 17th order. Appellant asserts,
among other things, that the order he obtained from Judge Thompson was proper. Appellant further
asserts that, before appellant had an opportunity to request permission from the Kaufman County
local administrative judge, counsel for appellee filed an untruthful letter with that judge urging him
to deny permission to file the appeal.
After reviewing appellant’s objection, we extend the deadline for appellant to comply with
this Court’s April 17th order to May 28, 2019. If the local administrative judge of Kaufman County
signs an order denying appellant permission to appeal, appellant may apply for a writ of mandamus
with this Court not later than the thirtieth day after the date of the order. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. &
REM. CODE ANN. § 11.102(f).
The deadline for the reporter’s record remains suspended. It will be reset if appellant
complies with this order.
We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a copy of this order to the Honorable B.
Michael Chitty, Presiding Judge of the 422nd Judicial District Court; Shelly Etheridge, Official Court
Reporter for County Court at Law No. 1; and all parties
/s/ BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE
Basil Brown v. Robert Hawkins
Combined Opinion