Bram Villarreal, Appellant v. Janelle Llora, Appellee (2016)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 5 provides the following:

A party who is not excused by statute or these rules from paying costs must pay—at the time an item is presented for filing—whatever fees are required by statute or Supreme Court order.  The appellate court may enforce this rule by any order that is just.

Tex.R.App. P. 5.

Because the appellant, Bram Villarreal, failed to pay the filing fee in this appeal, on April 25, 2016, we ordered Villarreal, on or before May 5, 2016, to either (1) pay the applicable filing fee or (2) provide written proof to this court that he is excused by statute or these rules from paying the filing fee.  See Tex.R.App. P. 20.1 (providing that party who qualifies as indigent under Rule 20 may proceed without advance payment of costs).  We notified Villarreal that if he failed to respond within the time provided, this appeal would be dismissed.  See Tex.R.App. P. 42.3(c).  Nevertheless, Villarreal failed to pay the filing fee or provide written proof that he is excused from paying the filing fee by the date ordered.  We, therefore, dismiss this appeal.  See id.

PER CURIAM