Court Opinion

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Opinion issued February 22, 2024

                                     In The

                              Court of Appeals
                                    For The

                         First District of Texas
                           ————————————
                              NO. 01-22-00880-CV
                           ———————————
              ANDREW HAYWARD JACKSON, JR., Appellant
                                       V.
 FORT BEND COUNTY, FORT BEND COUNTY DRAINAGE DISTRICT,
FORT BEND COUNTY EMERGENCY SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 7, FORT
BEND COUNTY FRESH WATER SUPPLY DISTRICT NO. 1, FORT BEND
COUNTY GENERAL FUND, AND FORT BEND INDEPENDENT SCHOOL
                    DISTRICT, Appellees

                   On Appeal from the 240th District Court
                          Fort Bend County, Texas
                    Trial Court Case No. 21-DCV-282688

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellant, Andrew Hayward Jackson, Jr., proceeding pro se, filed a notice of

appeal from the trial court’s October 25, 2022 judgment. Certain appellees, namely

Fort Bend County, Fort Bend County, Fort Bend County Drainage District, Fort
Bend County Emergency Service District No. 7, Fort Bend County Fresh Water

Supply District No. 1, and Fort Bend County General Fund (collectively, the “Fort

Bend Appellees”), filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution,

asserting that appellant has failed to timely file a brief.

      We grant the Fort Bend Appellees’ motion and dismiss the appeal for want of

prosecution.

      The clerk’s record was filed on January 24, 2023, and the appellate record was

completed on July 17, 2023 when the reporter’s record was filed. Appellant’s brief

was therefore originally due on or before August 16, 2023. See TEX. R. APP. P.

38.6(a), (d). On the motion of appellant, the deadline for filing his brief was

extended to December 18, 2023. However, no brief was filed.

      Based on appellant’s failure to timely file his brief, the Fort Bend Appellees

filed a motion to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P.

38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b). More than ten days have passed since the motion to dismiss was

filed, and appellant has not adequately responded. See TEX. R. APP. P. 10.3(a).

      Accordingly, we grant the Fort Bend Appellees’ motion and dismiss this

appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b), 43.2(f). All pending

motions are dismissed as moot.

                                    PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Adams and Justices Guerra and Farris.

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