Justices Chief Justice WILLIAM J. BOYCE KEM THOMPSON FROST TRACY CHRISTOPHER MARTHA HILL JAMISON Clerk J. BRETT BUSBY CHRISTOPHER A. PRINE JOHN DONOVAN PHONE 713-274-2800 MARC W. BROWN KEN WISE Fourteenth Court of Appeals Christopher Prine, Clerk KEVIN JEWELL 301 Fannin, Suite 245 Houston, Texas 77002 November 1, 2017 RE: Destruction of civil case records. Dear District and County Clerks: Beginning February 1, 2018, 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 2011. For your convenience, a list of cases from your county, grouped by trial 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 February 1, 2018. Thank you for your time and attention to this matter. Very truly yours, Christopher A. Prine, Clerk AUSTIN (COUNTY COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number Estate of Clyde J. County Court at 14-10-01235-CV LaNelle Garrison 09/12/11 Austin 06-PR-08780-A Garrison, Deceased Law Page 1 AUSTIN (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number Mark and Virginia 14-10-00722-CV April McCurry 05/20/11 Austin 155th District Court 2010V-0040 Smith In re Gary Brye and 14-07-00665-CV 10/11/07 Austin 155th District Court 06v0080 William Sala Page 1 BEXAR (COUNTY COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number Bruce Robertson, Jr. 14-10-00323-CV Jerry Valdez 05/04/12 Bexar Probate Court No 2 2007-PC-2303 and Dorothy H. Mello Page 1 BEXAR (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number City of San Antonio and 14-10-00320-CV Rameses School, Inc 04/15/11 Bexar 285th District Court 2009-CI-16498 County of Bexar, Texas Page 1 BRAZORIA (COUNTY COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number 14-10-00807-CV Doran A. Goston HSBC Bank USA 09/12/11 Brazoria Co Ct at Law No 1 CI044017 National Association as & Probate Ct Trustee for ACE Securities Corp, Home Equity Loan Trust, Series 2006-OPT1 Asseet-Backed Pass- Through Certificates, its Successors and Assigns 14-09-00804-CV Courtney Guyton Cynthia Ann Monteau 03/23/11 Brazoria Co Ct at Law No 3 PR021888 & Probate Ct Page 1 BRAZORIA (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number 14-06-00780-CV In Re: Woody K. Lesikar, 04/05/11 Brazoria 149th District Court 25,560 as Trustee of the Woodrow V. Lesikar Family Trust of the Woody K. Lesikar Special Trust, and Independent Executor of the Estate of Woodrow V. Lesikar 14-09-00901-CV F & F Ranch, a Occidental Chemical 06/10/11 Brazoria 149th District Court 47219 Partnership Corporation, Dow Chemical Company, Elementis Chemicals, Monsanto Company, Aventis Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 14-11-00625-CV Haven Chapel United William Michael 11/10/11 Brazoria 149th District Court 62845 Methodist Church Leebron II, E.J. King and Brazoria County Commissioner's Court 14-07-00830-CV Pat Pounds, Alvin Megan L. Jurgens and 01/21/11 Brazoria 239th District Court 11621*RM00 Community College Judy Piper Leahy District, Alvin Independent School District, The City of Alvin, The City of Manvel, and Brazoria County 14-08-00458-CV City of Alvin Sallie Zindle 01/07/11 Brazoria 239th District Court 32714 Page 1 BRAZORIA (DISTRICT COURT) CASES 14-09-00206-CV Bettie J. Robert aka TP Three Enterprises, 02/03/11 Brazoria 239th District Court 39,225 Bettie Berard and the Inc. Heirs Annie Mary Johnson, Deceased 14-08-01127-CV In Re Coastal Nejapa, 03/17/11 Brazoria 23rd District Court 46,341 LTD. 14-10-01009-CV Michael A. McCann Tracy Doyle Sitton 07/21/11 Brazoria 23rd District Court 26419 D.D.S. 14-09-00720-CV Wilma Reynolds David Reynolds 04/01/11 Brazoria 300th District Court 48170 14-09-00720-CV Wilma Reynolds David Reynolds 04/01/11 Brazoria 300th District Court 48170 14-09-00258-CV Kimberly A. Snodgrass Michael L. Snodgrass 02/03/11 Brazoria 300th District Court 42960 14-08-00303-CV In Re Anthony L. Santos 08/26/08 Brazoria 300th District Court 43,691 14-11-00002-CV In Re Wilma Reynolds 01/07/11 Brazoria 300th District Court 48170 14-08-01154-CV In the Matter of 02/18/11 Brazoria 300th District Court 43691 B.J.W.S., A Child 14-06-00555-CV In the Interest of T.T., 04/05/11 Brazoria 300th District Court 33922 A.T., D.D., A.D & A.D., Minor Children 14-11-00174-CV In Re Wilma Reynolds 07/11/11 Brazoria 300th District Court 48170 14-08-00094-CV Terryl Rebector Angleton Danbury 03/17/11 Brazoria 412th District Court 42006 Hospital and Lawrence W. Andrews, M.D. 14-08-00811-CV Terryl Rebector Angleton Danbury 02/25/11 Brazoria 412th District Court 42006 Hospital District D/B/A/ Angleton Danbury Medical Center 14-10-00279-CV Dick W. Gray Bobby R. Purvis, Juan 06/24/11 Brazoria 412th District Court 56367 Jackson, Jr. David A. Turrubiarte Page 2 BRAZORIA (DISTRICT COURT) CASES 14-09-00011-CV Charles Philip Marsh Brad Livingston, 04/01/11 Brazoria 412th District Court 36764 Margaret Birdwell, Anthony Collins, Rodolfo Diaz, Leonard Ellis, Walton Howard Brenda Juarez, Norman McClure, Shirley Nunn, William Pendergraff, Fernater Smith, Lawrence Stoker, Larry Turner, R.M. Sandoval and Sergeant Jackson 14-10-00474-CV Jeffrey Pitsenbarger Cytec Industries, Inc. 06/17/11 Brazoria 412th District Court 39957 14-09-01030-CV Kenneth Hill Michael Stephens, 02/25/11 Brazoria 412th District Court 48224 Charles Britt, Domingo Carrillo, and Abel Leal 14-09-01005-CV Home of Texas and Robert Barnett and 06/17/11 Brazoria 412th District Court 43646 Warranty Underwriters Charlotte Barnett Insurance Company 14-10-00197-CV Home of Texas and Robert Barnett and 06/17/11 Brazoria 412th District Court 43646 Warranty Underwriters Charlotte Barnett Insurance Company 14-10-01102-CV Johnny Richardson Texas Department of 09/12/11 Brazoria 412th District Court 60216 Criminal Justice and Ifedma U. Onyemachi 14-11-00140-CV Roger Pharris Texas Department of 03/17/11 Brazoria 412th District Court 614391 Criminal Justice, Et Al Page 3 BRAZOS (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number 14-09-00066-CV GKG.NET, Inc. d/b/a Mitchell Rudder 03/04/11 Brazos 85th District Court 06-003373-CV-85 Global Knowledge Properties, LP, Group Successor in Interest of Karbrooke, Inc. Page 1 CHAMBERS (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number 14-09-01008-CV U.S. Denro Steels, Inc. Ed D. Lieck 04/15/11 Chambers 253rd District Court 23624 d/b/a Jindal United Steel Corp., SAW Pipes USA, Inc. and JSW Steel (USA) Inc 14-11-00746-CV In Re Allstate County 10/26/11 Chambers 344th District Court 25233 Mutual Insurance Company Page 1 ELLIS (DISTRICT COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number 14-09-00335-CV Debra Markwardt Texas Industries, Inc. 02/14/11 Ellis 40th District Court 77,423 Page 1 FORT BEND (COUNTY COURT) CASES Final Storage Trial Court Case Case Number Appellant Appellee County Trial Court Date Number 14-09-00510-CV Lucille C Rose Christina Bank and 04/16/10 Fort Bend County Court at 08-CCV-037948 Trust Company, as Law #4 Owner Trustee of Security Funding Trust 14-09-00407-CV In Re Linda Frank 05/05/09 Fort Bend County Court at 08-CCV-038247 Law #4 14-09-00438-CV In Re Linda Frank 05/14/09 Fort Bend County Court at NULL Law #4 14-10-00818-CV Jimmy Troung Dodeka LLC 11/10/11 Fort Bend County Court at 07-CCV-034797 Law No 1 14-09-00646-CV Lee Shafer and Pamela Joel Gulliver and 01/21/11 Fort Bend County Court at 06-CCV-029325 Shafer Maryanne Gulliver Law No 1 14-11-00375-CV CRC Health Corporation Randy Burcaw and 04/15/11 Fort Bend County Court at 09-CCV-041022 Rebecca Burcaw Law No 1 14-10-00293-CV Emmitt Johnson and Marilyn Lewis 07/29/11 Fort Bend County Court at 09-CCV-038989 Johnson and Johnson Law No 2 Enterprises Associates, Inc.