Rose Patricia Ann Shields, Oscar Urbina, Arnold Shields, Individually, D/B/A Galveston Service Company, D/B/A Blu Shields Construction v. Commercial State Bank, Douglas Faver, Suzanne Hubbard, Daniel Jurgena, Roxanne Tomolialo, Joseph Cox, Thomas Walsh and Gina F. Dominique
COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON
ORDER ON MOTIONS
Appellate case name: Rose Patricia Ann Shields, Oscar Urbina, and Arnold Shields,
Individually, d/b/a Galveston Service Company, d/b/a Blu
Shields Construction v. Commercial State Bank, Douglas
Faver, Suzanne Hubbard, Daniel Jurgena, Roxanne
Tomolialo, Joseph Cox, Thomas Walsh and Gina F.
Dominique
Appellate case number: 01-16-00643-CV
Trial court case number: 2015-06750
Trial court: 129th District Court of Harris County
On July 10, 2017, appellants filed a pro se second amended brief. On September
29, 2017, two appellees, Thomas Walsh and Gina F. Dominique, filed a motion to
dismiss this appeal for failure to prosecute due to appellants’ failure to file a compliant
brief and also requested damages for a frivolous appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.4, 38.1,
42.3(b), (c), 45. On October 3, 2017, four other appellees, Suzanne Hubbard, Daniel
Jurgena, Roxanne Tomolialo, and Joseph Cox, filed a similar motion and request.
On October 16, 2017, appellants’ new counsel, George W. Gore, filed a response
to the appellees’ motions to dismiss, requesting denial because he was concurrently filing
an amended brief. On the same day, appellants also filed a motion for permission to
amend brief, with an amended brief, because counsel was just hired.
Accordingly, because appellants’ amended brief, filed on October 16, 2017, is
compliant, their motion for permission to amend is GRANTED, and appellees’ motions
to dismiss are DISMISSED AS MOOT. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.4, 38.1, 38.7, 42.3(b).
The Clerk of this Court is directed to mark the July 10, 2017 pro se brief as
WITHDRAWN and deem appellants’ amended brief filed as of October 16, 2017.
It is so ORDERED.
Judge’s signature: /s/ Laura C. Higley
Acting for the Court
Date: October 24, 2017