Court Opinion

ID: 9410644
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Date Created: 2023-07-22 19:09:33.37354+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:20:59.192587
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NUMBER 13-23-00014-CV

                              COURT OF APPEALS

                    THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                      CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
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JOHN AFIF DYE,                                                                 Appellant,

                                                   v.

MARK SALAS,                                         Appellee.
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          On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
                   Before Justices Tijerina, Silva, and Peña
                   Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina

       This matter is before the court on its own motion. On May 3, 2023, the Clerk of the

Court notified appellant that, pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.8(a)(1),

the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution unless, within ten days,

appellant provided reasonable explanation for his failure to timely file a brief. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 38.8(a)(1). On May 25, 2023, appellant filed a motion for extension of time to file

the brief. The request was granted and the deadline to file the brief was extended to June

1, 2023. However, appellant failed to file a brief on or before the new deadline.

         On June 8, 2023, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that, pursuant to Texas

Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.8(a)(1), the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of

prosecution unless, within ten days, appellant provided reasonable explanation for his

failure to timely file a brief. Appellant failed to respond to the notice and has not filed a

brief.

         Appellant neither reasonably explained his failure to file a motion for extension of

time nor filed his brief. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b), (c).

                                                                        JAIME TIJERINA
                                                                        Justice

Delivered and filed on the
20th day of July, 2023.

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