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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 14pt"><STRONG><CENTER>TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN</STRONG></SPAN></CENTER>
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<STRONG><CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">8</A>-00<A NAME="2">444</A>-CV</CENTER>
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<STRONG></STRONG><CENTER>Options Trading Group, Inc.; Currency Trading International, Inc.; Ronald Allan,</CENTER>

<P><STRONG><CENTER>Ltd.; Jeffrey Allan Moore; Christian Jay Weber; Rick Kincaid; James R. Kelsall;</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER>Ross Erskine; Keith Allen Elsesser; Todd A. Carnahan; Michael Angelo Lingo;</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER>Vladimir Mihaljcic; Craig Allan Cunningham; Brian Ronald Moore; Robert</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER>Shane Jones; Anthony L. Petry; Caesar A. Torres; Tommy Rich; Davie</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER>R. Mankin, II; Joseph H. Levels; Michael T. Gallagher; and</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER>Anthony M. Rocco, Appellants</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER>v.</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="4">State of Texas</A>, Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="5">TRAVIS</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="6">261ST</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="7">98-08160</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="8">JOHN K. DIETZ</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING</STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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PER CURIAM

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<P>	Appellants attempt an accelerated appeal from a temporary injunction in favor of
the State of Texas.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. R. App. P. 28.1.  Because appellants have failed to file a brief, we
will dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution.</P>

<P>	Appellants filed a notice of appeal on August 7, 1998.  Although the clerk's record
in this cause was received late, the Clerk of this Court filed it on October 15, 1998.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. R.
App. P. 37.2.  Appellants' brief was due to be filed in this Court on November 4, 1998.  <EM>See</EM> Tex.
R. App. P. 38.(a)(1).  As of December 14, 1998, appellants had not tendered either a brief or a
motion for extension of time within which to file a brief. <EM> See</EM> Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d).  By letter
dated December 14, 1998, the Clerk of this Court notified appellants that unless appellants
provided a reasonable explanation for the failure to file a brief by December 28, 1998, the appeal
would be dismissed for want of prosecution.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1).  All parties have
received ten days notice of the proposed dismissal; this Court has received no response.  <EM>See</EM> Tex.
R. App. P. 42.3.  Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.  <EM>See</EM> Tex. R. App.
P. 42.3(b).</P>

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<P>Before Chief Justice Aboussie, Justices Kidd and Patterson</P>

<P>Dismissed for Want of Prosecution</P>

<P>Filed:   January 28, 1999</P>

<P>Do Not Publish</P>

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