Kiya Sakaris v. the State of Texas and the Department of Family and Protective Services
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Date FiledJuly 24, 2026
Docket03-26-00172-CV
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-26-00172-CV
Kiya Sakaris, Appellant
v.
The State of Texas and The Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellees
FROM THE 480TH DISTRICT COURT OF WILLIAMSON COUNTY
NO. 25-0866-C480, THE HONORABLE TERENCE M. DAVIS, JUDGE PRESIDING
ORDER AND MEMORANDUM OPINION
PER CURIAM
Kiya Sakaris appeals from the trial court’s order granting the plea to the
jurisdiction filed by the State of Texas and the Department of Family and Protective Services.
Sakaris, an indigent pro se litigant, filed with the trial court a request for the reporter’s record,
seeking the record for “all hearings reflected on the trial court docket in this cause.” The docket
sheet reflects three hearings.
After the deadline passed for filing of the reporter’s record with this Court and
after the court reporter, Steven Stogel, failed to respond to this Court’s notice of the overdue
reporter’s record, this Court ordered the court reporter to file the reporter’s record by May 8,
2026. The court reporter has failed to file the record, representing to this Court that Sakaris
“failed to indicate [requested] records by date and did not responde [sic] to emails from me
asking for clarification.”
We abate this appeal and remand this cause to the trial court for a determination
of the hearing dates for which Sakaris seeks a reporter’s record and for the court reporter’s
timely preparation of such record. We order the court reporter to file the reporter’s record with
this Court no later than August 20, 2026. The appeal shall be reinstated upon the filing with this
Court of the reporter’s record.
Before Justices Triana, Crump, and Ellis
Abated and Remanded
Filed: July 24, 2026
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