Court Opinion

ID: 4318159
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2018-10-04 14:34:14.978982+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:03:25.448722
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In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-18-00266-CV
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                 IN THE INTEREST OF L.L.H. AND B.M.T.H.

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                    On Appeal from the County Court at Law
                              Polk County, Texas
                          Trial Cause No. CIV29344
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On July 17, 2018, we notified the parties that an extension of time to file a

notice of appeal was required because the notice of appeal filed by Appellant was

filed late, but within the time permitted for an extension under the applicable

appellate rule. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3. Additional notices were sent to the appellant

on August 7, 2018, and September 5, 2018, wherein we warned the appellant that

the appeal would be dismissed unless he filed a motion for extension of time to file

notice of appeal. We also notified Appellant in our letter of August 7, 2018, of the

items that should be included in the Motion for Extension. The appellant failed to

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file a motion for extension of time to file a notice of appeal or offer a reasonable

explanation for the late filing of the notice of appeal.

      The Court finds that the notice of appeal was not timely filed. See Tex. R.

App. P. 26.1. No motion for extension of time was filed. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3.

The appellant failed to comply with a notice from the clerk requiring a response or

other action within a specified time. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). Accordingly, we

dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

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                                                      LEANNE JOHNSON
                                                            Justice

Submitted on October 3, 2018
Opinion Delivered October 4, 2018

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

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