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Date Created: 2023-10-08 07:10:44.171535+00
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Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 5, 2023.

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-23-00536-CV

                              SANG MEI, Appellant

                                         V.

   BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AND JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
                           Appellees

                    On Appeal from the 268th District Court
                            Fort Bend County, Texas
                     Trial Court Cause No. 21-DCV-282283

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      This appeal is from an order of nonsuit signed on July 13, 2023. The notice
of appeal was filed July 28, 2023, and it was amended on August 7, 2023. To date,
our records show that appellant has not paid the appellate filing fee. See Tex. R.
App. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases unless party is excused by statute
or by appellate rules from paying costs). Tex. Gov’t Code § 51.207 (appellate fees
and costs). Moreover, no clerk’s record has been filed. The clerk responsible for
preparing the record in this appeal indicated to the court appellant did not make
arrangements to pay for the record.

      On August 8, 2023, appellant was instructed to pay the appellate filing fee on
or before August 18, 2023 or the appeal would be subject to dismissal without further
notice. In addition, on August 11, 2023, notification was transmitted to appellant
that the appeal was subject to dismissal without further notice unless, within fifteen
days, appellant made arrangements to pay for the record and provided this court with
proof of payment. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). Appellant did not provide any
response to any of those notices.

      On September 7, 2023, appellant was ordered to pay the filing fee and
demonstrate she had made arrangements to pay for the clerk’s record on or before
September 18, 2023. See Tex. R. App. P. 4.1(a). In the order, the court notified
appellant that failure to comply with either of those requirements would leave the
appeal subject to dismissal without further notice for want of prosecution.

      Appellant has not paid the appellate filing fee, she has not provided this court
with proof of payment for the record, nor has she otherwise responded to the court’s
order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c) (allowing
involuntary dismissal of case because appellant has failed to comply with notice
from clerk requiring response or other action within specified time).

                                    PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Wise, Bourliot, and Zimmerer.

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