Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-05-09 07:17:43.801024+00
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NUMBER 13-21-00398-CV

                              COURT OF APPEALS

                    THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                       CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
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             IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF
   RAYMOND BLINN BARRON III AND CRYSTAL DAWN BARRON
           AND IN THE INTEREST OF C.L.B AND S.G.B.
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             On appeal from the 135th District Court
                   of Victoria County, Texas.
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

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

       This matter is before the Court on appellee’s motion to dismiss. The Clerk of the

Court notified appellant on January 21, 2022, that the briefing schedule had begun. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 37.2, 38.6. On February 24, 2022, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant

that, pursuant to Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 38.8(a)(1), the appeal was subject

to dismissal for want of prosecution unless, within ten days, appellant provided

reasonable explanation for his failure to timely file a brief. See id. R. 38.8(a)(1). Appellant
failed to respond for over two months, until he filed a motion to accept late filing and

extend the deadline for filing of appellant’s brief on April 28, 2022, but to date, appellant

has failed to file a brief. Furthermore, the explanation provided does not satisfy the length

of delay. See id. R. 10.5; 38.6(d).

       Appellant has neither reasonably explained the delay in filing a motion for

extension of time nor filed his brief. Accordingly, we grant appellee’s motion to dismiss

and order the appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution. See id. R. 38.8(a), 42.3(b),(c).

In addition, for the reasons provided, the Court denies appellant’s opposed motion for

extension of time to file brief.

                                                                CLARISSA SILVA
                                                                Justice

Delivered and filed on the
5th day of May, 2022.

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