                            Fourth Court of Appeals
                                  San Antonio, Texas
                                         April 27, 2016

                                      No. 04-16-00194-CV

                                        Jose PEREZ, Jr.,
                                            Appellant

                                                v.

                                       Salud CAZARES,
                                           Appellee

                 From the 83rd Judicial District Court, Val Verde County, Texas
                                   Trial Court No. 3287CCL
                                Robert Cadena, Judge Presiding


                                         ORDER
       A filing fee of $205.00 was due when this appeal was filed but it was not paid. See
TEXAS SUPREME COURT ORDER REGARDING FEES CHARGED IN THE SUPREME COURT, IN CIVIL
CASES IN THE COURTS OF APPEALS, AND BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT
LITIGATION (Misc. Docket No. 14-9158, Aug. 28, 2015). The clerk of the court notified
appellant of this deficiency in a letter dated April 5, 2016. The fee remains unpaid. Rule 5 of
the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provides:

       A party who is not excused by statute or these rules from paying costs must pay –
       at the time an item is presented for filing – whatever fees are required by statute
       or Supreme Court order. The appellate court may enforce this rule by any order
       that is just.

TEX. R. APP. P. 5.

       We therefore order appellant, not later than May 9, 2016 to either (1) pay the
applicable filing fee, or (2) provide written proof to this court that he is indigent or otherwise
excused by statute or the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure from paying the fee. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 20.1 (providing that indigent party who complies with provisions of that rule may
proceed without advance payment of costs). If appellant fails to respond satisfactorily within the
time ordered, this appeal will be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3.
                                              _________________________________
                                              Marialyn Barnard, Justice


       IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said
court on this 27th day of April, 2016.



                                              ___________________________________
                                              Keith E. Hottle
                                              Clerk of Court
