DISMISS and Opinion Filed December 23, 2019 

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## Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-19-01371-CV COREY STEELE, Appellant V. CRIMSON BUILDING COMPANY, LLC , KYLE HEGE, CARNEGIE HOLDING COMPANY, LLC D/B/A CHC DEVELOP MENT, RIAN MAGUIRE, AND RANDY PRIMROSE, Appellees On Appeal from the 44th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-19-07661 

### MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Bridges, Whitehill, and Nowell Opinion by Justice Whitehill This appeal was filed November 7, 2019 and challenges the trial court’s July 30, 2019 dismissal orders. Appellant timely filed a motion for new tria l, making his notice of appeal due October 28, 2019 or, with an extension moti on, November 12, 201 9. See T EX
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. P. 26.1(a), 26.3. Recognizing the notice of appeal was filed late but with in the extension period, appellant included in the notice of appeal a motion for an extension of t ime. Appellant explains he did not file the notice of appeal by October 28th “in an effort to allo w the trial court ample time to rule on [the] motion for new trial[.]” Th e motion for new trial was hea rd October 18, 2019. 1

1 At the hearing, the trial judge noted the motion for new trial had been overruled by operation of law, see T EX

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. P. 329b(c), and stated “the Court will leave it at that[.]”–2– The timely filing of a notice of appeal is jurisdictional. Brashear v. Victoria Gardens of McKinney, L.L.C. , 302 S.W.3d 542, 545 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2009, no pet.) (op. on reh’g). To obtain an extension for filing a notice of appeal, the party ap pealing must offer a reasonable explanation for the delay in filing. See T EX
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. P. 10.5(b)(1)(C), 26.3(b). The Texas Supreme Court has defined a “reasonable explanation” as “[a]ny plausibl e statement of circumstances indicating that failure to file w ithin the [specified] period w as not deliberate or intentional, but was the result of inadvertence, mistake, or mischance.” Hone v. Hanafin , 104 S.W.3d 884, 886 (Tex. 2003) (per curiam) (quoting Meshwert v. Meshwert , 549 S.W.2d 383, 384 (Tex. 1977)). “Any conduct short of deliberate or i ntentional noncompliance qualif ies as inadvertence, mistake, or mischance[.]” Garcia v. Kastner Farms, Inc. , 774 S.W.2d 668, 670 (Tex. 1989). We have previously concluded that intentionally waiting for a t rial court to hear a motion for new trial is not a reasonable explanation. See Daniel v. Daniel , 05-17-00469-CV, 2017 WL 2645432, at *1 (Tex. App.—Dallas June 20, 2017) (mem. op.); Zhao v. Lone Star Engine
Installation Ctr. , Inc. , No. 05-09-01055-CV, 2009 WL 3177578, at *2 (Tex. App.—Dallas Oct. 6, 2009, pet. denied) (per curiam) (mem. op.). Additionally, we n ote that the hearing on the motion for new trial in this case was held ten days before the deadlin e for filing the notice of appeal. Appellant offers no explanation for why he did not file the not ice of appeal during that ten-day period. We conclude appellant’s failure to file the notice of appeal ti mely was not the result of inadvertence, mistake, or mischance. Accordingly, we deny the extension motion and dismiss the appeal. See T EX
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. P. 42.3(a); Brashear, 302 S.W.3d at 545.

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Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT
COREY STEELE, Appellant
No. 05-19-01371-CV V. CRIMSON BUILDING COMPANY, LLC, KYLE HEGE, CARNEGIE HOLDING COMPANY, LLC D/B/A CHC DEVELOPMENT, RIAN MAGUIRE, AND RANDY PRIMROSE, Appellees On Appeal from the 44th Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-19-07661. Opinion delivered by Justice Whitehill, Justices Bridges and Now ell participating.

In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.
Judgment entered December 23, 2019