Manouchehr Ziari, SAIF Corporation D/B/A Ace Taxi, and Ace Taxi v. the City of Austin, Texas ( 2014 )

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-14-00037-CV Manoucherhr Ziari, SAIF Corporation d/b/a Ace Taxi, and Ace Taxi, Appellants v. The City of Austin, Appellee FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF TRAVIS COUNTY, NO. C-1-CV-06-005885, HONORABLE J. DAVID PHILLIPS, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION The clerk’s record in this appeal was due for filing in this Court on February 20, 2014. On April 25, 2014, the appellants were notified that no clerk’s record had been filed due to their failure to pay or make arrangements to pay the county court clerk’s fee for preparing the clerk’s record. The notice requested that the appellants make arrangements for the clerk’s record and submit a status report regarding this appeal by May 5, 2014. Further, the notice advised the appellants that their failure to comply with this request could result in the dismissal of their appeal for want of prosecution. To date, the appellants have not filed a status report or otherwise responded to this Court’s notice, and the clerk’s record has not been filed. If the trial court clerk fails to file the clerk’s record due to appellant’s failure to pay or make arrangements to pay for the clerk’s fee for preparing the record, the appellate court may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless the appellant was entitled to proceed without payment of costs. Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). In this case, the appellants have not established that they are entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1 (providing procedure for establishing indigence on appeal). Because the appellants have failed to pay or make arrangements to pay the clerk’s fee for preparing the clerk’s record, this appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution. ____________________________________ Scott K. Field, Justice Before Justices Puryear, Goodwin, and Field Dismissed for Want of Prosecution Filed: June 12, 2014 2