Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-29 09:12:47.898791+00
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Motion to withdraw granted, motion to extend time to file brief granted, and
Order filed January 26, 2023.

                                      In The

                    Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                              NO. 14-22-00827-CV

TEXAS REIT, LLC, DALIO HOLDINGS I, LLC, AND DALIO HOLDINGS
                      II, LLC, Appellants

                                        V.

               WCW HOUSTON PROPERTIES, LLC, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 151st District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2017-35320

                                     ORDER

      Before the court is a motion to withdraw as counsel filed January 9, 2023.
Appellants’ counsels Jadd Masso, Elizabeth Griffin and the Clark Hill PLC law firm
seek to withdraw from their representation of appellants in this appeal. Having
considered the motion, the court grants the motion.

      Also before the court is a motion to extend time for appellants to file their
brief, which seeks an extension of time to March 6, 2023 based partly on appellants
seeking to proceed without recent counsel in this appeal. Having considered the
motion, the court grants it and instructs appellants to file their brief no later than
March 6, 2023.

      However, because the motion to withdraw has been granted, appellants are
not currently represented by any counsel in this appeal. Except for the performance
of ministerial tasks, corporations and other non-natural persons may appear and be
represented only by a licensed attorney. Kunstoplast of Am., Inc. v. Formosa Plastics
Corp., U.S.A., 937 S.W.2d 455, 456 (Tex. 1996); see also Dell Dev. Corp. v. Best.
Indus. Uniform Sup. Co., 743 S.W.2d 302, 303 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.]
1987, writ denied).

      If appellants do not retain counsel for the filing of their brief no later than
March 6, 2023, the appeal will be subject to dismissal without further notice. See
Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c).

                                   PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Chief Justice Christopher and Justices Wise and Bourliot.

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