Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-04-20 18:15:12.686465+00
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NUMBER 13-23-00268-CV

                              COURT OF APPEALS

                    THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                       CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

GERALD MORA,                                                                    Appellant,

                                                  v.
CHRISTOPHER DORSEY,                                                             Appellee.

               ON APPEAL FROM THE 36TH DISTRICT COURT
                       OF BEE COUNTY, TEXAS

                              MEMORANDUM OPINION

    Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Peña
                Memorandum Opinion by Justice Peña

       On June 22, 2023, appellant filed a notice of appeal. On November 29, 2023, the

Clerk of the Court notified appellant that his amended appellant’s brief did not comply with

the applicable rules of appellate procedure. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1(g). On December

22, 2023, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that his brief had not been properly filed

as instructed, and warned appellant that if he did not explain his failure to properly file his

brief within ten (10) days of the receipt of the notice, that the instant appeal would be
dismissed for want of prosecution. See id. 38.8(a)(1). On January 4, 2024, the Clerk of

the Court issued a “Final Notice” to appellant, informing him that although he had filed a

“Second Amend[ment] on the Statement of Facts,” he had failed to file an amended brief

as requested. Appellant was notified that after ten (10) days from the receipt of the notice,

his appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution if the noted defect was not cured.

See id. 42.3(b), (c). On February 6, 2024, the Clerk of the Court again issued a “Final

Notice” to appellant, notifying him that he had still not filed an amended brief as requested,

and informing him that he had ten (10) days from receipt of the notice to cure the defect

or his appeal would be dismissed. Id. And on March 4, 2024, the Clerk of the Court again

issued the same “Final Notice” to appellant alerting him as to the defective brief and

warning him that failure to cure the defect would result in a dismissal of this appeal for

want of prosecution. Id. This last letter was received by certified mail on March 22, 2024.

       Appellant has failed to file an amended brief as requested and has otherwise not

responded to the notices from the Clerk requiring a response or taken other appropriate

action within the time specified. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of

prosecution. See id.

                                                                 L. ARON PEÑA JR.
                                                                 Justice

Delivered and filed on the
18th day of April, 2024.

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