Rule 6 - WITHDRAWAL OF RECORD ON APPEALIn addition to the conditions in Rule 12.4 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, the clerk may permit a paper-filed record or other paper-filed item to be taken from the clerk's office on the following conditions:
A. Civil Cases. In civil cases, attorneys may check out a paper-filed record from the clerk at any time up to three days before the date on which the case is scheduled to be submitted to the court. After that time, attorneys may not check out the court of appeals' record except on leave of the court. An attorney who checks out the record must return it promptly to the clerk on demand. Pro se parties may inspect a paper-filed record only on the premises of this court. Parties may request one CD copy of an electronically filed record at any time.B. Criminal Cases. In criminal cases, the court will not allow the record to be checked out. Records must be checked out through the district clerk's office or county clerk's office in the county from which the appeal arose.Tex. 2nd. Ct. App. L. R. 6