Thomas Ray Sides v. William Stephens, Director T.D.C.J.-I.D. ( 2015 )

IN THE
TENTH COURT OF APPEALS
No. 10-15-00104-CV
THOMAS RAY SIDES,
Appellant
v.
WILLIAM STEPHENS, DIRECTOR T.D.C.J.-I.D.,
Appellee
From Coryell County, Texas
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Thomas Ray Sides, an inmate, filed a direct appeal to this Court of the disciplinary
action taken against him by the prison.1 As Sides acknowledges in his pleading, he may
have a right to appeal his disciplinary action to a district court. See generally TEX. GOV'T
CODE ANN. § 501.008(d) (West 2012). But we, as an appellate court, have no jurisdiction
1 Sides attached original exhibits to his appeal. We will return those exhibits to Sides with a copy of this
opinion and retain copies of those exhibits for our records. One of the exhibits is his inmate account
statement which reflects he is indigent.
of direct appeals in civil cases. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 22.220 (West 2004); see also
TEX. CONST. Art. V, § 6.
Absent a specific exemption, the Clerk of the Court must collect filing fees at the
time a document is presented for filing. TEX. R. APP. P. 12.1(b); Appendix to TEX. R. APP.
P., Order Regarding Fees (Amended Aug. 28, 2007, eff. Sept. 1, 2007). See also TEX. R. APP.
P. 5; 10TH TEX. APP. (WACO) LOC. R. 5; TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 51.207(b); 51.208; §
51.941(a) (West 2013). Under these circumstances, we suspend the rule and order the
Clerk to write off all unpaid filing fees in this case. TEX. R. APP. P. 2. The write-off of the
fees from the accounts receivable of the Court in no way eliminates or reduces the fees
owed.
Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.
TOM GRAY
Chief Justice
Before Chief Justice Gray,
Justice Davis, and
Justice Scoggins
Appeal dismissed
Opinion delivered and filed April 2, 2015
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