Golda Seale Lanier v. Leon Independent School District ( 2013 )

IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-13-00299-CV
GOLDA SEALE LANIER,
Appellant
v.
LEON INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT,
Appellee
From the 87th District Court
Leon County, Texas
Trial Court No. T-12-437
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellants, Patrick Lanier and the Estate of Golda Seale Lanier, have filed an
unopposed motion to dismiss his appeal in this matter. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(1).
Dismissal of this appeal would not prevent the parties from seeking relief to which they
would otherwise be entitled. The motion is granted, and the appeal is hereby
dismissed.
Absent a specific exemption, the Clerk of the Court must collect filing fees at the
time a document is presented for filing. TEX. R. APP. P. 12.1(b); Appendix to TEX. R. APP.
P., Order Regarding Fees (Amended Aug. 28, 2007, eff. Sept. 1, 2007); see TEX. R. APP. P.
5; 10TH TEX. APP. (WACO) LOC. R. 5; TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 51.207(b), 51.941(a) (West
2005); see also TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 51.208 (West 2013). Under these circumstances,
we suspend the rule and order the Clerk to write off all unpaid filing fees in this case.
Tex. R. App. P. 2. The write-off of the fees from the accounts receivable of the Court in
no way eliminates or reduces the fees owed by appellants.
AL SCOGGINS
Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Motion granted; appeal dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed December 5, 2013
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