Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-02-24 18:11:28.584718+00
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NUMBER 13-23-00453-CV

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

MAURILIO NAVARRO AND
ZULEMA CAVAZOS,                                                        Appellants,

                                             v.

NATIONAL GENERAL
INSURANCE CO.,                                                           Appellee.

               On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 9
                        of Hidalgo County, Texas.

                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

                 Before Justices Longoria, Silva, and Peña
                  Memorandum Opinion by Justice Peña

      On October 24, 2023, appellants Maurilio Navarro and Zulema Cavazos filed a

notice of appeal from an order dismissing their case against National General Insurance

Co. On November 27, 2023, the clerk’s record was filed, and the Clerk of the Court
advised appellants that the briefing time schedule had begun. Thus, appellants’ brief was

due to be filed on December 27, 2023. On January 9, 2024, the Clerk notified appellants

that their brief had not been timely filed and informed them that the appeal would be

dismissed for want of prosecution unless appellants reasonably explained their failure to

timely file a brief and the appellee would not be significantly injured by a late filing. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b), (c). Counsel for appellants has subsequently advised the

Court that they will not be filing a brief in this matter.

       The Court, having examined and fully considered the foregoing sequence of

events, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of prosecution. See

id. R. 38.8(a); Nevarez v. Elguea, 181 S.W.3d 540, 541 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2005, no

pet.). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P.

38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b), (c).

                                                                L. ARON PEÑA JR.
                                                                Justice

Delivered and filed on the
22nd day of February, 2024.

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