Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-02-05 09:15:33.953414+00
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Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed February 2, 2023.

                                      In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-22-00787-CV

                           SELVA KUMAR, Appellant

                                         V.
            FEDEX OFFICE AND PRINT SERVICES, INC., Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 334th District Court
                            Harris County, Texas
                      Trial Court Cause No. 2022-04937

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      This is an attempted appeal from an order signed October 10, 2022. The
record reflects the notice of appeal is untimely. The deadline for filing a notice of
appeal is thirty days after the judgment or order is signed. See Tex. R. App. P.
26.1. The record reflects a post-judgment motion was timely filed and operated to
extend the appellate deadline to ninety days. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a).
Accordingly, the notice of appeal was due September 5, 2022. It was filed October
25, 2022.
      A motion for extension of time is necessarily implied when an appellant,
acting in good faith, files a notice of appeal beyond the time allowed by Texas
Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1, but within the 15-day grace period provided by
Rule 26.3 for filing a motion for extension of time. See Verburgt v. Dorner, 959
S.W.2d 615, 617–18 (1997) (construing the predecessor to Rule 26). Appellant’s
notice of appeal was not filed within the 15-day period provided by Texas Rule of
Appellate Procedure 26.3.

      On January 11, 2023, notification was transmitted to all parties the appeal
was subject to dismissal without further notice for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R.
App. P. 42.3(a). Appellant filed no response.

      Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

                                       PER CURIAM

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

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