Court Opinion

ID: 4525984
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2020-04-16 14:15:42.198699+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T12:13:56.980157
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals

                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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                                NO. 09-19-00229-CV
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                  IN THE INTEREST OF A.L.D. AND H.C.D.

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                On Appeal from the 418th District Court
                     Montgomery County, Texas
                   Trial Cause No. 15-02-01193-CV
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On December 30, 2019, we notified the parties that the record had been filed

and that the brief of the appellant was due January 29, 2020. On January 30, 2020,

we notified the parties that the appellant’s motion for extension of time to file a brief

was granted in part and that the appellant’s brief was due February 28, 2020. On

March 2, 2020, we notified the parties that the appellant’s brief was past due and

warned that if the brief and a motion for extension of time were not filed by March

12, 2020, the case would be submitted to the Court on the record alone. The Clerk

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also notified the parties that submission without briefs could result in dismissal of

the appeal for want of prosecution. On March 13, 2020, we notified the parties that

the appeal would be submitted to the Court on the record alone on April 3, 2020.

      A dismissal for want of prosecution is appropriate when the appellant fails to

timely file a brief. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1). The Clerk has provided notice to

the appellant that the appeal could be dismissed for want of prosecution for failure

to comply with the Court’s direction. Appellant has failed to comply with the Court’s

instruction to prosecute the appeal. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of

prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

                                                          PER CURIAM

Submitted on April 3, 2020
Opinion Delivered April 16, 2020

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

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