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NUMBER 13-07-00560-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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WILLIAM LONG,                                                                  Appellant,

                                            v.

JOHN BOUDREAUX,                                     Appellee.
____________________________________________________________

              On Appeal from the 130th District Court
                   of Matagorda County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

             Before Chief Justices Garza, Benavides, and Vela
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       The appellant's brief in the above cause was due on May 19, 2008. On June 3,

2008, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that the brief had not been timely filed and

that the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution under Texas Rule of

Appellate Procedure 38.8(a)(1), unless within ten days from the date of receipt of this
letter, appellant reasonably explained the failure and the appellee was not significantly

injured by the appellant's failure to timely file a brief. To date, appellant has neither filed

his brief in this matter nor otherwise responded to the Court’s notices.

       Appellant has failed to either reasonably explain his failure to file a brief, file a

motion for extension of time to file his brief, or file his brief. Accordingly, the appeal is

DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION. See TEX . R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b).

                                                   PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered
and filed this the 21st day of August, 2008.

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