Court Opinion

ID: 9391121
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-04-30 07:11:42.552402+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:39.491499
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Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed April 25, 2023

                                      In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-23-00033-CV

                             XINHUN HE, Appellant

                                         V.
                    WILLIAM SCOTT HARDING, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 215th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2021-81116

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      This is an attempted restricted appeal from an order of dismissal signed June
1, 2022. Appellant’s notice of appeal was filed January 18, 2023.

      The notice of appeal in a restricted appeal must be filed within six months
after the judgment or order is signed. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(c).

      Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed timely. A motion to extend time is
necessarily implied when an appellant, acting in good faith, files a notice of appeal
beyond the time allowed by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1, but within
the 15-day grace period provided by Rule 26.3 for filing a motion to extend time.
See Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617–18 (1997) (construing the
predecessor to Rule 26). Appellant’s notice of appeal was not filed within the 15-
day period provided by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.3.

      On March 27, 2023, notification was transmitted to all parties the appeal was
subject to dismissal without further notice for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R.
App. P. 42.3(a). Appellant filed no response.

      Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

                                  PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Bourliot, Hassan, and Poissant.

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