Justices Chief Justice WILLIAM J. BOYCE KEM THOMPSON FROST TRACY CHRISTOPHER MARTHA HILL JAMISON Clerk SHARON MCCALLY CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE J. BRETT BUSBY PHONE 713-274-2800 JOHN DONOVAN MARC W. BROWN Fourteenth Court of Appeals Christopher Prine, Clerk KEN WISE 301 Fannin, Suite 245 Houston, Texas 77002 January 8, 2016 RE: Destruction of civil case records. Dear District and County Clerks: Beginning April 8, 2016, , the Fourteenth Court of Appeals will begin destruction of records in civil cases that have been finally disposed of and stored for at least six years. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 51.204(d). Prior to destruction, records requested by a district or county clerk, in accordance with records retention schedules for records of district and county clerks, may be returned to their respective offices. See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 51.204(d) (1). Additionally, records of the appellate court determined to be archival state records will be forwarded to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission for preservation. The following criteria may be considered when identifying archival state records: (1) any landmark legal opinion; (2) any case with a high degree of inherent legal interest, including a case in which the Texas Supreme Court granted an application for petition for review; (3) any case that involved significant people or events; (4) any case that received a high degree of media attention; or (5) records that, in the opinion of the Clerk or other person designated by the Court, contain highly concentrated, unique, and valuable information unlikely to be found in any other source available to researchers. Although the Fourteenth Court of Appeals is currently reviewing all of the cases identified for destruction, I welcome comments from the various counties within our jurisdiction. The civil records under consideration for destruction are the appeals and original proceedings that were finally disposed of and stored during the calendar year of 2009. For your convenience, a list of cases from your county, grouped by year, for each year that a case was disposed of and stored by this Court is attached. Please review the list of cases for both local records retention compliance and, if desired, the archival criteria above. I would ask that special attention be given to identify those cases that may have received a high degree of media attention in your area. Anyone who wishes to suggest that a specific civil case should not be destroyed may contact the Clerk of the Court at [email protected]. The deadline to contact the Fourteenth Court of Appeals is April 8, 2016. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. Very truly yours, Christopher A. Prine, Clerk ANDERSON (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number 14-08-00603-CV Michael Kennedy Charles Steen and 11/20/09 Anderson 3rd District Court 3-40-741 Detective Munniz, in their individual and official capacity 14-08-00726-CV Carlos A. L. Vaughn Natrenia L. Hicks, 7/28/08 Anderson 3rd District Court 08-0079 Russell D. Mittach, Jay A. North, Darron A. Lane, Wade A. King, Jr., Joe N. Ross, Freddie M. English, and Gweldolyn J. Spurlock Page 1 AUSTIN (COUNTY COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number Theresa Elizabeth Estate of Magnolia County Court at 14-07-00911-CV Trojacek and Ronald 6/18/09 Austin 7041 Kveton Law David Ludwig Page 1 AUSTIN (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number Texas Department of 14-08-01120-CV Robert Lancon 4/23/09 Austin 155th District Court 5087 Public Safety Page 1 BRAZORIA (COUNTY COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number 14-09-00228-CV Andrew Wheaton Discover Bank 7/30/09 Brazoria Co Ct at Law No 1 C1037385 & Probate Ct 14-07-00257-CV In the Estate of 11/14/08 Brazoria Co Ct at Law No 1 PR029188 Margaret Lynn Gaines, & Probate Ct Deceased 14-08-00504-CV In the Matter of S.J.C. 12/5/08 Brazoria Co Ct at Law No 2 JV14436 & Probate Ct 14-06-01055-CV Praise Tabernacle The Restoration 11/7/08 Brazoria Co Ct at Law No 2 CI033103 Outreach & Family Financial Group, Inc. & Probate Ct Worship Center and and Felecia W. Ward Reflections of Christ's Kingdom 14-07-01084-CV Marvin W. Lerner, MD First Commerce Bank 11/20/09 Brazoria Co Ct at Law No 3 CI036985 & Probate Ct 14-05-01181-CV Southtex 66 Pipeline John Spoor, Susan Lynn 5/9/08 Brazoria Co Ct at Law No 3 CI029587B Company, Ltd. Spoor, and Claudine & Probate Ct Spoor, Individually and as Independant Executrix of the Estate of Donald Eugene Spoor, Deceased 14-08-00845-CV Paul Bellavance Unifund CCR Partners 2/26/09 Brazoria Co Ct at Law No 3 CI039082 & Probate Ct Page 1 BRAZORIA (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number 14-05-01246-CV Woody K. Lesikar, Carolyn Ann Lesikar 10/23/08 Brazoria 149th District Court 25560 Individually and as Moon, Individually and Trustee of the Woodrow as Named Trustee of V. Lesikar Family Trust, the Carolyn Ann Lesikar Et Al Moon Special Trust 14-03-00436-CV Michelle Backman J.C. Penny Co., Inc., and 1/25/05 Brazoria 149th District Court 9939*RM99 Denise Gentry 14-04-00257-CV Calzada, Louis Jr. Namasco Corporation 5/26/05 Brazoria 149th District Court 22566*RM02 14-06-00635-CV In Re: Jim Walter 12/12/06 Brazoria 149th District Court 33203 Homes, Inc. 14-06-00792-CV In Re: Sarah Cryer, 11/9/06 Brazoria 149th District Court 33203 Individually and on behalf of Mildred Wootan 14-09-00465-CV Tom and Paula Peden Stephen B. Pohl 6/18/09 Brazoria 149th District Court 40976 14-07-00592-CV Debra J. Meehl and Alfred M. Wise, Jr., 6/18/09 Brazoria 239th District Court 37,460 Mark Meehl, Ketherine D. Wise, Individually and as John P. Hundl, Donna Officers and Agents of G. Hundl, Wilmer the Maureen J. Meehl Conner, Margie Ann Bipolar/BPD Alexander, John T. Foundation, Inc., and Horn, Martha G. Horn, the Maureen J. Meehl John T. Horn, Jr., Bipolar/BPD Christopher Blake Foundation, Inc. Broadway, Paula Lee Broadway, James Zimmer, Mildred Zimmer, Et Al 14-07-00806-CV Ronald C. Priddy, John V. Rawson, Rick 10/1/09 Brazoria 239th District Court 23769*PS03-A Sammy Bingham and Stevens, E.M (Liz) Douglas McGraw Stevens, Steve J. Page 1 BRAZORIA (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Schifani, and Richard Dickson 14-08-00508-CV Dennis C. De Acetis Michael De Acetis 12/5/08 Brazoria 239th District Court 46735 14-08-00149-CV Crystal Power Company Coastal Savadoran 2/12/09 Brazoria 23rd District Court 21815 Power, Ltd., Coastal Nejapa, Ltd, El Paso CGP Company, Successor in Interest to Coastal States Gas Company and The Coastal Corporation, and El Paso Corporation, Successor in Interest to Coastal Sates Gas Company and The Coastal Corp. 14-07-01062-CV Durrett Development, Gulf Coast Concrete, 11/6/09 Brazoria 23rd District Court 40180 Inc. LLC 14-08-01127-CV In Re Coastal Nejapa, 3/17/11 Brazoria 23rd District Court 46,341 LTD. 14-09-00535-CV Max W. Blanton Margaret Ann Blanton 7/9/09 Brazoria 300th District Court 48941 14-05-01235-CV In Re Katherine Mosley 2/22/06 Brazoria 300th District Court 22530 14-06-01017-CV In Re: James Yost 3/8/07 Brazoria 300th District Court 39751 14-07-00866-CV In the Interest of K.Y. 1/15/09 Brazoria 300th District Court 39751 and K.Y., Minor Children 14-08-01016-CV Kenneth Hill Bruce W. Smith, M.D., 9/1/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 44666 Michelle Lastrape, P.A., and Kathryn Bell 14-07-01024-CV Steve Ramon David R. Dow and the 5/21/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 44,549 University of Houston, Texas Innocence Network 14-08-01057-CV BCB Interest, L.L.C. Eugene Wallace and 5/21/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 39,734 d/b/a Gulf Coast Ford- Thelma Wallace Nissan-Toyota and Page 2 BRAZORIA (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Michael Ahart 14-07-00304-CV Patrick Reinhardt Joe Walker 2/6/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 36313 14-09-00226-CV Martin T. Franco N. Quarterman, 10/1/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 50737 Director for the Texas Deaprtment of Criminal Justice Institutional Division 14-06-00873-CV Brian D. Moneyhon and Patricia Moneyhon 4/23/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 37,527 Cheryl Parrish- Moneyhon 14-07-00719-CV Delford B. Mathews Richard A. Trinci, Jr.; 2/12/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 43671 Kathryn A. Bell; Sgt. James Hudson, and Timothy Moffett 14-09-00232-CV Alice Wellman Daniels Sandra G. Wall 11/6/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 44,959 14-07-00741-CV Steven P. Cooper Texas Department of 7/22/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 43680 Criminal Justice Et Al 14-07-00992-CV Kirby Gardner Texas Department of 3/26/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 45049 Criminal Justice, Correctional Institiutions Division, Nathaniel Quarterman, Jackie Edwards, James W. Mossbarger, and Sharon Fox 14-08-01174-CV Timothy Paul Martin The State of Texas 11/20/09 Brazoria 412th District Court 49743 Page 3 BRAZOS (COUNTY COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number County Court at 14-99-01331-CV Cynthia Jackson Living Center of Texas 10/16/09 Brazos 46,207-CCL1 Law No 1 Page 1 BRAZOS (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number Government Dr.