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In The Court of Appeals Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo No. 07-26-00237-CR FUJUN ZHU, APPELLANT V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, APPELLEE On Appeal from the 213th District Court Tarrant County, Texas 1 Trial Court No. 1899247 (Counts I, II, III & IV); Honorable Everett Young, Presiding October 21, 2026 ORDER OF ABATEMENT AND REMAND Before PARKER, C.J., and DOSS and PRATT, JJ. Appellant, Fujun Zhu, appeals his convictions for continuous trafficking of persons, 2 compelling prostitution, 3 and aggravated promotion of prostitution. 4 The 1 Originally appealed to the Second Court of Appeals, this appeal was transferred to this Court by the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE § 73.001. 2 See TEX. PENAL CODE § 20A.03(e). 3 See TEX. PENAL CODE § 43.05(b). 4 See TEX. PENAL CODE § 43.04(b). reporter’s record was originally due July 30, 2026, but we granted the reporter two extensions to file the record due to her caseload. By letter of September 18, 2026, we admonished the reporter that failure to file the reporter’s record by September 30, 2026, could result in the appeal being abated and the cause remanded to the trial court for further proceedings without further notice. The reporter has not filed the record or had any further communication with this Court to date. Consequently, we abate the appeal and remand the cause to the trial court for further proceedings. See TEX. R. APP. P. 35.3(c) (“The trial and appellate courts are jointly responsible for ensuring that the appellate record is timely filed.”); 37.3(a)(2) (requiring appellate courts to “make whatever order is appropriate to avoid further delay and to preserve the parties’ rights” when the appellate record is not timely filed). On remand, the trial court shall determine the following: (1) what tasks remain to complete the filing of the reporter’s record; (2) what amount of time is reasonably necessary for the completion of those tasks; and (3) whether the reporter can complete the tasks within the time the trial court finds reasonable. Should the trial court determine that the reporter will require more than thirty days to complete, certify, and file the reporter’s record, it shall arrange for a substitute reporter to do so. The trial court is directed to enter such orders necessary to address the aforementioned questions. So too shall it include its findings on those matters in a supplemental clerk’s record and cause that record to be filed with this Court by November 20, 2026. 2 Should the reporter file the record on or before the date the trial court acts per our directive, she shall immediately notify the trial court of the filing, in writing, whereupon the trial court shall not be required to take any further action. It is so ordered. Per Curiam Do not publish. 3