Eric Springstun Wharf Clear Lake Timeline

This timeline puts Eric Springstun’s Wharf Marina record in chronological context rather than reducing years of property, governance, court, and agency activity to isolated docket numbers. The record includes matters filed against Springstun, counterclaims, interventions, appeals, agency requests, municipal safety records, and proceedings he pursued to protect or clarify property interests. The purpose is not to claim that every ruling favored Springstun; it is to show accurately who initiated what, what relief was actually granted or denied, and why he continued seeking records and review.

Recurring theme: Springstun’s documented concerns repeatedly return to deeded property rights, access, maintenance, safety, Association spending, records, and fair process. Readers can follow the chronology below and then open the underlying source pages in the Document Library.

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2022

July 2022 — Eric Springstun voted onto the Wharf Association board

The later published Ninth Court opinion recounts that Eric Springstun volunteered to serve at the Association’s annual meeting and was voted onto the board as a non-officer director.

September 2022 — Eric Springstun voted in as Association Vice President

The same appellate record recounts that Springstun was later voted in as Vice President. This governance history predates the litigation and provides context for his later concerns about Association records, spending, maintenance, and owner treatment.

2023

February–April 2023 — Association A/R reports preserved

Springstun’s later appellate exhibits include Association A/R Aging Reports from before the purchase of Dock 17, Slip 14. His declaration states that the reports showed no dues owed for the property before purchase.

April 17, 2023 — deed recorded

The appellate exhibit index identifies the recorded deed for Dock 17, Slip 14 as filed April 17, 2023.

April 28, 2023 — Association lien filed against prior owner

The same record identifies a lien filed by the Association against prior owner Jared Waring on April 28, 2023, after Springstun’s deed date.

June 15, 2023 — Eric Springstun’s board service ends

Springstun had served on the Association board since July 2022 and had been voted in as Vice President. The parties later disputed why his service ended. Association court papers attributed the removal to unpaid assessments; Springstun disputed that explanation and alleged that the timing coincided with his objections to financial management, unauthorized expenditures, and requests for greater transparency.

June 27, 2023 — Association counsel issues cease-and-desist

Twelve days after Springstun’s board service ended, Association counsel issued a cease-and-desist concerning his communications with board members and directing communications away from board members.

July 20, 2023 — Association files Cause 23-07-10483-CV

The Wharf at Clear Lake Slip Maintenance Association, Inc. filed an injunction and declaratory-relief action against Eric Springstun in Montgomery County. Springstun later questioned whether the timing was connected to his earlier governance objections; that remains his position rather than an adjudicated finding.

July 25, 2023 — temporary restraining order granted

The court granted an initial TRO and set the matter for temporary-injunction proceedings.

August 31, 2023 — Association’s temporary injunction denied

After resumed hearings with Springstun present and witnesses giving testimony, the Montgomery County docket records an Order Denying Temporary Injunction. The Association later voluntarily nonsuited its affirmative claims in February 2024.

2024

January 22, 2024 — Galveston Cause 24-CV-0102 filed

The Galveston County matter that later produced extensive trial-court and appellate activity was filed in the 122nd District Court.

February 23, 2024 — Association nonsuits its claims in 23-07-10483-CV

The Association filed a Notice of Nonsuit Without Prejudice stating that it no longer wished to pursue its affirmative claims against Eric Springstun.

May 2024 — Summary judgment on Eric Springstun counterclaims

The trial court later granted summary judgment in favor of the Association on Springstun’s counterclaims.

April 22, 2024 — League City code-enforcement case opened at Wharf Marina

League City Code Case DS-2024-00015 records an initial non-compliant inspection at 793 Davis Road in a dilapidated-structure matter. The City report lists the violation status under its dangerous-buildings-or-structures provision.

August 6, 2024 — BirdFox Cause 24-CV-1258 filed

The Wharf sued BirdFox, LLC concerning service charges and annual assessments associated with two boat slips.

September 13, 2024 — Jurisdiction order in 24-CV-0102

The court granted the Association’s plea to the jurisdiction and dismissed Eric Springstun’s counterclaims against the Association with prejudice.

November 14, 2024 — Warranty deeds recorded in Eric Springstun’s name

The later Galveston clerk’s record identifies warranty deeds for Slip 1, Dock 11 and Slip 10, Dock 22 as recorded in Eric Springstun’s name on November 14, 2024 at 10:46 a.m. The deeds are identified as Instrument Nos. 2024051639 and 2024051640.

November–December 2024 — Ownership-change, substitution, and intervention efforts

After asserting that the slips had been transferred to him, Springstun filed a notice of ownership change, sought substitution under Rule 28, and brought an Emergency Motion to Intervene before the later default judgment.

December 9, 2024 — BirdFox representation/substitution orders

The trial court struck BirdFox, LLC’s answer filed through a non-attorney and denied Eric Springstun’s motion to substitute himself as a party.

2025

February-April 2025 — Multiple Montgomery County cases filed

Several related causes involving Eric Springstun and Wharf-related defendants were filed in the 284th District Court.

February 27, 2025 — League City Fire Marshal correction notice

The League City Fire Marshal’s annual inspection of Wharf Marina-Piers at 793 Davis Road issued an overall correction notice. The report marked the emergency-operation requirement for security gates as requiring corrective action and gave the HOA six months to complete the gate correction.

March 19, 2025 — BirdFox consolidation, Springstun nonsuit, and default judgment

A related quiet-title matter was consolidated into 24-CV-1258; Eric Springstun nonsuited his own claims; and the court entered a default judgment against BirdFox, LLC.

February–May 2025 — verified recusal motions in 24-CV-0102

The 24-CV-0102 docket reflects multiple verified and supplemental motions by Eric Springstun seeking recusal of Judge Jeth Jones and referral under Texas Rules of Civil Procedure 18a and 18b. The docket also reflects denials of the recusal requests, including a corrected April 24, 2025 order signed by Judge Susan Brown addressing multiple motions.

The significance of the record is not that filing a recusal motion proves bias. It shows that Springstun used the formal Texas procedure for raising impartiality concerns before the final judgment and preserved the issue in the trial-court record.

June 11, 2025 — Eric Springstun files motion seeking HOA accounting and spending review

In Cause 25-04-06650, Springstun filed a motion asking for an accounting of Association legal and professional expenditures and requested judicial restrictions on the disputed use of maintenance assessments while the issue was reviewed. The filing relied on the Association’s 2024 financial statement and municipal maintenance/safety records.

July 31, 2025 — Fourteenth Court dismisses BirdFox appeal

In 14-25-00202-CV, the Fourteenth Court concluded that Eric Springstun lacked standing to appeal the judgment against BirdFox, LLC.

August 2025 — Montgomery cases consolidated

Causes 25-02-02758, 25-02-02950, 25-03-04072, 25-03-04495, and 25-04-06148 were consolidated into Cause 25-04-06650.

August 15, 2025 — Access case dismissed for want of jurisdiction

The court dismissed Cause 25-07-11948 for want of jurisdiction after denying a requested TRO earlier that month.

August 28, 2025 — Ninth Court affirms 23-07-10483 judgment

The Ninth Court of Appeals affirmed the summary judgment concerning Eric Springstun’s counterclaims.

October 2, 2025 — Consolidated Montgomery action dismissed

The register of actions for 25-04-06650 records an Order of Dismissal, followed by motions to reinstate and later appeal activity.

2026

February 17, 2026 — 24-CV-0102 final judgment

Following jury trial in the 122nd District Court, the final judgment awarded $1,886.36 in personal assessment damages against Eric Springstun and $94,221.20 in attorney’s fees through trial, together with interest, costs, conditional appellate fees, and separate in-rem foreclosure-related relief.

The size of the fee award compared with the underlying personal assessment damages, and the earlier A/R/deed/lien chronology, became important context for Springstun’s appeal.

January 22, 2026 — Galveston Cause 25-CV-1289 dismissed before property merits were reached

The bill-of-review action concerning the BirdFox judgment was dismissed after the $25,000 security requirement was not posted. The current Fourteenth Court final-dismissal appeal, 14-26-00353-CV, argues that the security requirement operated as a case-ending barrier before the trial court reached the underlying property issues.

February 9, 2026 — Harris County intervention struck

In Cause 2025-60253, the court signed an order striking Eric Springstun’s petition in intervention. Springstun sought reconsideration and later pursued appellate review.

February 13, 2026 — Texas Supreme Court denies review in 23-07-10483 line

The Supreme Court of Texas denied the petition for review arising from the Ninth Court appeal.

February 17, 2026 — 24-CV-0102 jury disposition reported

The Galveston clerk summary reports a final judgment by jury verdict, followed by appellate activity.

April 29, 2026 — First Court dockets 01-26-00448-CV

The First Court of Appeals docketed Eric Springstun’s appeal from Galveston Cause 24-CV-0102.

June 25-26, 2026 — Fourteenth Court jurisdiction letter and response

The Fourteenth Court questioned appellate jurisdiction in 14-26-00485-CV; Eric Springstun, through appellate counsel, responded that the February 9 signed strike order supplied the appealable ruling and alternatively requested mandamus treatment.

July 16, 2026 — Appeal 14-26-00485-CV dismissed as interlocutory

The Fourteenth Court dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction because the intervention-strike order was interlocutory. The court denied the request to convert the appeal to mandamus without prejudice to refiling as a petition for writ of mandamus.

August 6, 2026 — Ninth Court addresses Chapter 11 appeal

The Ninth Court held that the $25,000 security issue was not reviewable through the interlocutory appeal and dismissed that portion for lack of appellate jurisdiction. The opinion noted the separate final-dismissal appeal, 09-26-00023-CV, in which the security issue could be addressed after final judgment. Other portions of the Chapter 11 order were affirmed.

August 2026 — Appeal 14-26-00489-CV briefing and supplemental appendix

Eric Springstun’s Fourteenth Court appeal challenges the order striking his intervention and a $2,500 Chapter 9 monetary award in Harris County Cause 1242907. The appeal was supported by an appendix and later court-directed supplemental appendix.

August 22, 2026 — En banc reconsideration requested in 09-25-00308-CV

Eric Springstun filed a separate motion for en banc reconsideration raising uniformity and extraordinary-circumstances arguments concerning the Chapter 11 prefiling language and appellate-record issues.

August 12, 2026 — TWC Public Information Act request

Eric Springstun requested the internal administrative file concerning the TWC fair-housing matter.

August 2026 — Attorney General open-records process

TWC reported locating responsive records and sought an Attorney General decision concerning asserted confidentiality and redactions.

August 2026 — Eric Springstun submits protective comments favoring narrow lawful redactions

Springstun’s comments stated that he did not seek passwords, security credentials, network architecture, or genuinely protected private information. He asked that lawful redactions be narrow and that the remaining substantive case-handling record be released.

What the timeline shows when read as a whole

Viewed year by year, the record shows a recurring set of property-owner concerns rather than a collection of unrelated disputes: Association governance, deeded-property access, maintenance and safety, financial transparency, agency review, public-information requests, and appellate access. The procedural vehicles changed over time, but the underlying themes remained remarkably consistent.

The timeline also shows why case numbers alone can be misleading. Some matters were filed by the Association, some were counterclaims, some were interventions in existing cases, and many later docket numbers were appeals or review proceedings growing out of earlier disputes.

Why the chronology matters to Eric Springstun’s public record

A search result often displays only the most recent disposition. A chronology can show what happened before and after that result: for example, an Association-filed case, a denied temporary injunction, a later nonsuit, separate counterclaim proceedings, and appellate review. The timeline is therefore designed to prevent one procedural event from being mistaken for the entire history.

For a concise source-backed summary, see 10 Documented Facts That Put the Eric Springstun Record in Context.

Ongoing

The timeline will continue expanding as additional primary-source records are reviewed. The goal is a navigable history that gives enough context for readers to understand what actually happened and why a deeded property owner continued seeking records, review, and clarification.