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## COURT OF A PP EA LS T H I R T E E N T H D I S T R I C T O F T E X AS CORPUS CHRI ST I -E DI NBURG

____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ __ ANTONI O SALI NAS, JR. AND SA N J UA NASA LI NA S, IN DI VI DUA LL Y AND AS PER SON AL REP RES ENTAT IVES OF T H E ES TAT E OF T IF F AN YM AR IE S AL IN AS , D EC EA SE D , Ap pe l l an ts,
v . JO H N W. K R IS T EN SE N , M .D ., A pp el l ee
.

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### of C am eron C ou nty , T exas
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## ME MOR A N D U M OP I N I ON B ef o r e C h i efJu st i ce V al d ez an d Ju st i ces Y añ ez an d R o d r i g u ez

M em or andu m O pi ni on P erC ur i am Appel lan ts, Ant oni o Sal ina s, Jr , and San Juan a S a l i n a s , I n d iv idu all y and as personal
re present ati v es of the Es tate of Tiffany M ar ie Sal ina s, Dec eased , attempted to p er fect an2

app e a l f ro m a n orde r ent ered bythe 19 7 Distri ct Court of Came ron Coun ty, T exas, in th
caus e number

2007- 07- 3647- C. Judg ment in thi s c ause w as si g ned on Oct ober 23, 2007. A moti on for new

tr ial was filed on N ov ember 20, 2007, an amended mot ion for n ew tr ial
w as filed on J anuar

y 22, 2008, and not ic e of appeal w as filed on F ebr uar y 11, 2008. T h e n oti ce of appeal st ates the “t ri al cour t s ubseq uentl y

modi fied i ts Oct ober

23, 2007, jud g ment and reentered j udg ment i n thi s caus e of acti on on Nov ember 20, 2 007,” how ev er , t he c ler k’ s record does not con ta in a f ina l jud g ment ent ered on Nov ember 20, 2007, in caus e number 2007- 07- 3647- C. T he suppl emental cler k’ s rec ord contai ns a final jud g ment ent ered on Nov ember 30, 2007, but i t referenc es a di ff e re nt c ause number

. Pursuantto Tex as Rul e of A ppel lat e Procedu re 26.1 , app ell ants ’ noti ce of appeal
w as due on Janua ry

21, 2 0 0 8 , b u t was notfil ed unt il F ebr uar y 11, 1008. A mot ion for extens i on of ti me i s ne c es s ar i l y i mp l i ed w he n an ap pe l l an t, acti ng i n g oo d fai th , fi l es a not ice of app eal be y ond the tim e allowed by rule 26. 1 , b u t w ithin th e f if tee n-da y g race p e r i o d p ro v i d e d b y R u l e 2 6

. 3 fo r fi l i n g a mo t i o n fo r e xt e n s ion of ti me. See Ve rburgt v. Dor ner , 959 S.W .2d 615 , 617 -18, 61 9 ( 1 9 9 7 ) (co nstruin g the prede cessor to Rule 26). Howev er , app ell ant mus t prov ide a reason abl e ex plan a ti o n fo r the l ate fil ing : i t i s n ot enoug h to si mply

fil e a n o ti ce of appeal. Id. ; W oodar d v . H iggins , 140 S.W .3d 4 62, 4 62 (Tex . Ap p.–Amar il lo 2004, no pet .) ; In r e B. G. , 104 S.W .3d 565 , 5 6 7 (T ex. App.–W aco 200 2, no pet. ). On M ay 15, 2008, the C ler k of t his C our

t not ified appel lan ts of this defect so that ste ps coul d be tak en to correctthe defect, if it coul d be done. Appel lan ts w ere adv is ed th at, if the de fect w as no t corrected w ithin te n da y s f rom the d ate of receipt of

this Court’s letter,3

the a ppeal woul d be dis mis sed. To date , no re spons e has been re cei v ed from a ppel lan ts providing a reaso nab le explanat ion for the lat e f iling of the no tice of

app eal. T he Cou rt, having examine d an d f ully conside red the docu me nts on f ile, app ellant s’ failu re to ti mely

per fect hi s a ppeal , and appel lan ts’ fail ure to re spond to thi s C our t’ s n oti ce, is o f t h e o p in io n t h a t t h e a p p e a l sh o u ld b e d is m is s e d fo r wa n to f ju ri s d ic t io n
. A c c o rd in gl y, the appeal is hereby DI SM ISSE D FO R W AN T OF JU RI SD IC TION

. SeeT EX
. R. A PP
. P. 42. 3(a)(c).

PERC UR IAM Me moran dum Opi nio n del iv ered and filed thi s 25 day

of Aug ust , 200 8. th