# Alma Brown v. Sherry Dorinda Faulkner

> Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston) · August 12, 2025

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/11122130

## Case

- **Court:** Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
- **Decided:** August 12, 2025
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

Opinion issued August 12, 2025

In The
Court of Appeals
For The

First District of Texas
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NO. 01- 25-00240-CV
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ALMA BANKS BROWN, Appellant
V.
SHERRY DORINDA FAULKNER, DEPENDENT ADMINISTRATOR OF THE
ESTATE OF AUDREY BANKS, DECEASED, Appellee

On Appeal from County Civil Court at Law No. 1
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Case No. 1245417

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Alma Banks Brown, proceeding pro se, filed a notice of appeal

challenging the trial court’s Final Judgment and Order of Possession. The clerk’s record

was due on May 19, 2025.
On June 27, 2025, the trial court clerk filed an Information Sheet stating she had

notified Appellant that the clerk’s record was ready as of April 4, 2025, but Appellant had

made no payment arrangements. On May 20, 2025, we notified Appellant that her appeal

could be dismissed for want of prosecution if the clerk’s record was not filed. See TEX. R.

APP. P. 37.3(b). We directed Appellant to submit written evidence from the trial court clerk

by June 19, 2025, reflecting payment of the fee for preparing the clerk’s record or

arrangements to pay the fee. See id.

On June 24, 2025, Appellee Sherry Dorinda Faulkner, dependent administrator of

the estate of Audrey Banks, deceased, filed a Motion to Dismiss seeking dismissal of the

appeal for failure to pay for the clerk’s record. She stated Appellant’s “Motion to Order

Clerk[’]s Record[] and Request for Payment Arrangement” requesting “payment

arrangements to be made[,]” was insufficient and did not demonstrate that she had made

payment arrangements to pay for the clerk’s record.

Appellant has not adequately responded to this Court’s notice and to date, the clerk’s

record has not been filed.

We grant Appellee’s motion to dismiss and dismiss the appeal for want of

prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b)–(c). We dismiss any other pending

motions as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Rivas-Molloy, Guiney, and Morgan.

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