Ronald Sutherland v. Heather Michelle Maum Nee Beam

Order entered May 6, 2019
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-19-00360-CV
RONALD SUTHERLAND, Appellant
V.
HEATHER MICHELLE MAUM NEE BEAM, ET AL., Appellees
On Appeal from the 134th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-18-16303
ORDER
Appellant filed his brief on the merits on May 1, 2019. Before the Court is appellant’s
motion asking this Court to suspend all rules of appellate procedure. Because appellant filed his
brief on the same date, we construe the motion as seeking suspension of the rules setting forth
the requirements for an appellant’s brief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1. We GRANT the motion to
the extent that we SUSPEND the requirements that the brief include a table of contents, index
of authorities, and an appendix. See id. 38.1(b), (c), (k).
The Court has reviewed appellant’s brief and notes that it is deficient in the following
respects:
1. It does not contain a concise statement of the case, the course of proceedings, and
the trial court’s disposition of the case supported by record references. See id.
38.1(d).
2. It does not concisely state all issues presented for review. See id. 38.1(f).
3. It does not contain a concise state of the facts supported by record references. See
id. 38.1(g).
4. The argument does not contain appropriate citations to the record. See id. 38.1(i).
On the Court’s own motion, we ORDER appellant to file, by June 6, 2019, an amended brief
correcting the noted deficiencies. It appears to the Court that appellant does not have access to
the clerk’s record for purposes of including citations to the record in his amended brief.
Accordingly, we DIRECT the Clerk of this Court to send a paper copy of the clerk’s record to
appellant.
/s/ BILL WHITEHILL
JUSTICE