Order entered December 11, 2015
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-01120-CV
ERIN THORNTON, Appellant
V.
CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 219th Judicial District Court
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 219-00832-2014
ORDER
Before Justices Lang-Miers, Brown, and Schenck
Before this Court is appellee’s December 1, 2015 Motion to File Appellee’s Bill of Costs
Out of Time. We GRANT appellee’s motion to the extent it seeks to file a bill of costs.
We note appellee’s Bill of Costs requests costs for copies of appellant’s and appellee’s
briefs and a filing fee from this Court for filing appellee’s December 29, 2014 Motion to Extend
Time to File Appellant’s Brief, which may be recoverable under federal rules cited in the motion.
The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure set forth which costs shall be included in a statement of
costs the Clerk of this Court prepares when a mandate issues in a case from this Court: the
preparation costs of the appellate record and any court of appeals filing fees. TEX. R. APP. P.
51.1(a). Accordingly, the statement of costs prepared by the Clerk of this Court shall not include
the costs for copies of appellant’s and appellee’s briefs.
We DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to prepare and send to the trial court clerk at such
time as the mandate issues, a statement of costs showing:
(1) the preparation costs of the appellate record, and any court of appeals filing fees, with
a notation of those items that have been paid and those that are owing; and
(2) the party against whom costs have been adjudged.
TEX. R. APP. P. 51.1(a).
/s/ DAVID J. SCHENCK
JUSTICE
Erin Thornton v. City of Plano, Texas
Combined Opinion