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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

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v . T H E STA

T E OF T EX

AS, A p p el le e.

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## ME MOR A N D U M OP I N I ON B ef or e C hi ef Just i ce Val dez and Just i ces Ro dr i guez and G ar za

M em or andu m O pi ni on P erC ur i am Appel lan t, Adan Esq uib el, attempted to perfect an appeal from a judg ment ent ered by the Cou nty

C our t atLaw N o. 2 in Hi dal g o C ounty , Tex as, i n c ause number F -2 923- 00- 2. Judg ment i n thi s c ause w as si g n e d o n N o vember 4, 2008. N o moti on for new tr ial was2

filed

. Pursuantto Tex as Rul e of Appel lat e Procedu re 26.1 , app e lla nt’ s n oti ce of appeal
w as due on Dec ember 4, 2008, but was not fil ed unt il Ju ly 31, 2009. A mo tion for extension o f time i s n e c e s s a rily

implied w hen an ap pellan t, actin g in g ood fait h, fil es a not ic e o f a p p e a l bey ond t he ti me al lowed by r ule 26.1 , butw it hin the fifteen-da y

g ra ce per iod prov ide d by R ule 26.3 for fili ng a moti on for extens ion of ti me. Se e Ver bur gt v . D or ner , 959 S.W .2d 6 15, 6 17- 18, 6 19 ( 1997)( cons tr uin g the p re deces sor to Rule 26 ). H owev er, app ellant mu st provide a reason able ex plan ation for the lat e f iling: it is not enoug h to si mply fil e a n oti ce of appeal

. Id. ; W oodar d v . H iggins , 140 S.W .3d 4 62, 462 ( Tex . Ap p.–Amar il lo 2004, no pet .) ; In r e B. G. , 104 S.W .3d 565 , 567 (Tex. App. –W aco 2002, no pet .)

. On Se pte mb er 4, 20 09, the Clerk of this Court not if ied ap pellan t of this defe c tso that ste ps coul d be tak en to co rrect the defect, if it coul d be done. Appel lan t w as adv is ed tha t, if the de fect w as no t corrected w ithin f if tee n da y s f rom th e da te of the Court’s lette r, the a ppeal woul d be dis mis sed. On Sept ember 21, 2009, appel lan t fil ed a letter st ati ng that his env ironment d id not a ll ow hi m e x pedi ency , as ki ng i f he shou ld file a moti on for
e xt e n s io n o f

t ime to com ply and f iled an app lication to procee d in forma pau peris. Th is C ou rt c on s tr ue s a pp el l an t’ s Se pt em be r 21 , 20 09 fi l i ng s as a mo ti on for exte ns i on o f t i me to f ile the ap pea l, howev er the n otice of a ppe al w as notf iled w ithin the f if tee n-da y g race per iod

. The ti mes for

fil ing a no ti ce of appeal are j ur is dicti onal , and a b se nt a ti mely fil ed noti ce of appeal or

an e xtens ion req uest , we mustdi smi ss the appeal

. See T EX
. R. A PP
. P. 2 , 25. 1( b) , 26. 3; Ver bur g t v. Dor ner , 959 S.W .2d 6 15, 6 17 ( Tex . 199 7) ( hol din g that3

once exten sion pe riod has p assed , a party can no lo n ge r in v oke a n ap pellat e cou rt's jur is dicti on) ; see als o Bar re rav. C anales , N o. 04 -0 1- 00221- CV , 200 1 Tex . Ap p. LE X IS 387 8, *2 (T ex. App.– San Anto nio Jun e 13 , 200 1, no pet. ) ( per curiam ). The Cou rt , hav ing ex amined and fully cons ide re d the document s on f ile , is of the
o p in io n t h a tt h e a p p e a l s h o u ld b e d is m is s e d fo r wa n to f ju r i s d ic t io n
. Ac c o rd in gl y, appel lan t’ s moti on for extens ion of t ime to fil e not ic e of appeal i s D EN IED , and the appeal is hereby D ISM ISSE D FO R W AN T OF JU RI SD IC TION

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

P E RC U R I A M Deliv ered and f iled the 21st day of Dec ember , 200 9.