Heron Esteven Pena v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services ( 2012 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO.  03-11-00612-CV

Heron Esteven Pena, Appellant

v.

Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee

FROM THE 53rd District Court OF Travis COUNTY, NO. D-1-FM-10-003771, The Honorable Scott H. Jenkins, JUDGE PRESIDING

O R D E R PER CURIAM Appellant Heron Esteven Pena filed his notice of appeal on September 15, 2011.  The appellant=s brief was filed on May 10, 2012, making appellee=s brief due May 30, 2012.  On May 29, 2012, counsel for appellee filed a motion for extension of time to file her brief.  Recent amendments to the rules of judicial administration accelerate the final disposition of appeals from suits for termination of parental rights.  See Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 6.2(a), available at http://www.supreme.courts.state.tx.us/MiscDocket/12/12903200.pdf (providing 180 days for court’s final disposition).  The accelerated schedule constrains this Court’s leeway in granting extensions. In this instance, we will grant the motion in part and order counsel to file appellee=s brief no later than June 25, 2012.  If the brief is not filed by that date, counsel may be required to show cause why she should not be held in contempt of court. It is ordered on June 8, 2012. Before Justices Puryear, Henson and Goodwin