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Zia Ul-Haq Sheikh v. Jane Doe
Citation: Not availableDocket: 05-19-01329-CV
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas; March 1, 2020; Texas; State Appellate Court
Original Court Document: View Document
Order entered on March 2, 2020, in the Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas regarding case No. 05-19-01329-CV, involving appellant Zia Ul-Haq Sheikh and appellee Jane Doe. The court addressed appellant's motion opposing the sealing of records, which was filed in response to appellee's earlier motion to seal parts of appellant's brief. Appellee's motion was denied as moot on February 18, 2020, prior to the filing of appellant's motion, resulting in the denial of appellant's motion as moot as well. The court noted that on February 18, the clerk’s record had been struck due to issues with sealing compliance. The sealed volume contained a trial court's orders permanently sealing certain records as per Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 76a, but also included documents not subject to sealing, while certain documents that should have been sealed were in the unsealed volume. On February 26, 2020, Ms. Pitre submitted a corrected record with a sealed volume of twenty-eight documents, which included three sealing orders and two permanently sealed documents: the defendant’s findings of law and response to the plaintiff’s proposed findings, and the final judgment. The remaining documents in the sealed volume were not subject to the sealing orders. In the unsealed volume, three documents were identified for sealing: the defendant’s motion regarding the admissibility of the plaintiff’s prior sexual history, the motion to deny the plaintiff’s protective order, and the response to the plaintiff’s reply regarding her motion for protection. Due to non-compliance with the sealing orders, the court struck the record and ordered Ms. Pitre to file a second corrected record by March 12, 2020. Appellant’s brief must be filed within thirty days of the corrected record's submission. The Clerk of the Court is directed to send copies of the order to Ms. Pitre and the parties involved.