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Douglas v. Ingersoll (Tex.App.- Houston [14th.] Mar. 25, 2010)(per curiam)
(indigency contest, IFP status should have been granted)
REVERSED AND RENDERED: Per Curiam
Before Justices Brock Yates, Seymore and Brown
14-09-00930-CV RALPH O. DOUGLAS v. ELISE SELMA INGERSOLL
Appeal from 270th District Court of Harris County
In Re Kennedy (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jul. 23, 2009)(per curiam dismissal)
(mandamus petition re free record for appeal moot)
DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Brock Yates and Frost
14-09-00612-CV In Re Michael Kennedy
Appeal from 334th District Court of Harris County
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
On July 13, 2009, relator filed a petition for writ of mandamus in this court. See Tex. Gov't Code Ann. §
22.221 (Vernon 2004); see also Tex. R. App. P. 52. In the petition, relator asks this court to compel the
Honorable Sharon McCally, presiding judge of the 334th District Court of Harris County, and the Harris
County District Clerk to send him a copy of the record in his appeal.
Relator's appeal is pending in this court in case no. 14-09-00377-CV, styled Michael Kennedy v. Turner
Industries Group, LLC and Wayne Baird, from trial court cause number 2008-55576 in the 334th District
Court of Harris County, Texas. On May 21, 2009, this court granted relator's motion to proceed in his
appeal without advanced payment of costs, and ordered the Harris County District Clerk to prepare and file
the clerk's record. The clerk's record was filed on June 10, 2009. There was no reporter's record taken in
the underlying case. On July 3, 2009, a copy of the clerk's record was mailed to appellant.[1] Therefore,
relator's claims for relief have been rendered moot.
Accordingly, we dismiss relator's petition for writ of mandamus.
In Re Johnson (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jul. 23, 2009)(per curiam denial)
(allegedly void final orders dismissing cases with prejudice are nevertheless appealable; mandamus relief
denied)(IFP appeal, finality of order for purposes of regular appeal, mandamus criteria)
MOTION OR WRIT DENIED: Per Curiam
Before Justices Anderson, Guzman and Boyce
14-09-00614-CV In Re R. Wayne Johnson
Appeal from 10th District Court of Galveston County (judge's name not on docket)
As an initial matter, relator's petition fails to comply with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Tex.
R. App. P. 20.1 (requiring relator to file affidavit of indigence if relator is seeking to proceed in appellate
court without advance payment of costs); Tex. R. App. P. 52.7(a)(1) (requiring relator to file certified or
sworn copy of every document that is material to relator's claim for relief and was filed in underlying
proceeding).
Lovall v. University of Houston (Tex.App.- Houston [1st Dist.] Mar. 27, 2009)(per curiam)
(attempted IFP appeal dismissed for nonpayment of fees, indigency affidavit contested)
DISMISS APPEAL: Per Curiam
Before Justices Jennings, Keyes and Higley
01-06-00775-CV Lizzie J. Lovall v. The University of Houston, The College of Liberal Arts and Social
Sciences, The Board of Regents, John Antel and Jay Gogue
Appeal from 334th District Court of Harris County
Trial Court Judge: Hon Sharon McCally
Reule v. Carreon (Tex.App.- Houston [14th Dist.] Jan. 11, 2007)(per curiam dismissal) (affidavit of indigence)
DISMISSED: Per Curiam
Before Chief Justice Hedges, Justices Fowler and Edelman
14-06-00163-CV Christine E. Reule v. Estelle Carreon, Juanita Winchell, Et Al
Appeal from County Civil Court at Law No 1 of Harris County (Judge R. Jack Cagle)
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