CHRISTOPHER GRAHAM v. COMMISSION FOR LAWYER DISCIPLINE (2018)

MEMORANDUM OPINION

The clerk's record in this case is past due. By letter dated February 2, 2018, we informed appellant the clerk's record had not been filed because appellant had not paid for the clerk's record. We directed appellant to provide, within ten days, written verification of payment or arrangements to pay for the clerk's record or written verification appellant had been found entitled to proceed without payment of costs. We cautioned appellant that failure to do so could result in the dismissal of this appeal.

Appellant was unable to provide the required documentation and, instead, notified this Court he had filed a motion for a free record in the trial court. On March 26, 2018, appellant further notified this Court that the trial court had denied his motion for a free record, but that he had brought an original proceeding seeking mandamus relief from the trial court's order. See In Re Christopher Graham, 05-18-00311-CV, 2018 WL 1516838, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas Mar. 28, 2018, no pet. h.).

The mandamus proceeding shows that the trial court denied appellant's motion for a free record on February 12, 2018. However, appellant did not file his petition for writ of mandamus until March 26, 2018. We denied appellant's petition “because rule 145(g) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure provided [him] with an adequate appellate remedy that he failed to timely pursue.” See id; see also TEX. R. APP. P. 145. (appellant may challenge a ruling that he can afford to pay court costs by filing a motion, within ten days after order is signed, in the appellate court).

To date, appellant has neither provided the documentation required by our February 2, 2018 letter nor otherwise adequately responded to that letter. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b); 42.3(b), (c).

CAROLYN WRIGHT CHIEF JUSTICE