Cloteal Arlette Bryan v. Dr. Beverly Guillory Lewis ( 2023 )

COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE
FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON
ORDER
Appellate case name: Cloteal Arlette Bryan v. Dr. Beverly Guillory Lewis
Appellate case number: 01-22-00653-CV
Trial court case number: 465451
Trial court: Probate Court No 2 of Harris County
On December 30, 2022, Appellant Cloteal Arlette Bryan filed a letter that we construe to
be an appellate brief. Although the clerk’s record was filed, the reporter’s record is not due to be
filed until January 18, 2023. Therefore, briefing deadlines have yet to be set. See TEX. R. APP.
P. 38.6(a) (stating an appellant’s brief is due thirty days after the later of the date the clerk’s
record or reporter’s record is filed).
We strike Appellant’s brief as premature. Appellant’s brief is due thirty days from the
date the reporter’s record is filed. TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(a). We note that Appellant’s brief, when
refiled, must comply with the requirements enumerated in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure
38.1. See In re N.E.B., 251 S.W.3d 211, 211-12 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2008, no pet.) (holding that
while pro se pleadings and briefs are “construe[d] liberally,” pro se litigants are held “to the
same standards as licensed attorneys and require[d] . . . to comply with applicable laws and rules
of procedure.”).
It is so ORDERED.
Judge’s signature: Veronica Rivas-Molloy
Acting individually
Date: January 10, 2023