Gabriela Ortiz v. State

In The
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-16-00197-CR
GABRIELA ORTIZ, Appellant
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee
On Appeal from the 354th District Court
Hunt County, Texas
Trial Court No. 30272
Before Morriss, C.J., Moseley and Burgess, JJ.
ORDER
Court reporter Julie Vrooman recorded the trial court proceedings in appellate cause
number 06-16-00197-CR, styled Gabriela Ortiz v. The State of Texas, trial court cause number
30272 in the 354th Judicial District Court of Hunt County, Texas. The reporter’s record was
originally due in this matter December 15, 2016. That deadline was extended twice by this Court
on Vrooman’s request, resulting in the most recent due date of February 16, 2017. Although we
warned Vrooman that additional requests to extend the deadline would not be looked upon with
favor, she has nonetheless filed a third request to extend the filing deadline in this matter.
The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure establish that “trial and appellate courts are jointly
responsible for ensuring that the appellate record is timely filed.” TEX. R. APP. P. 35.3(c). The
Rules further instruct that an “appellate court may enter any order necessary to ensure the timely
filing of the appellate record.” Id. In furtherance of our responsibilities established by the Rules,
we find we must take steps to ensure that the record in this case is filed in a reasonable amount of
time.
Therefore, we order Vrooman to file the reporter’s record in cause number 06-16-00197-
CR, styled Gabriela Ortiz v. The State of Texas, trial court cause number 30272 in the 354th
Judicial District Court of Hunt County, Texas, to be received no later than the close of business on
Friday, March 3, 2017.
If the reporter’s record is not received on or before March 3, we warn Vrooman that we
may begin contempt proceedings and order her to show cause why she should not be held in
contempt of this Court for failing to obey its order.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
BY THE COURT
Date: February 22, 2017
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