Court Opinion

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NUMBER13-05-401-CV
 
                         COURT OF APPEALS
 
               THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
 
                  CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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FERNANDO GONZALEZ,                                            Appellant,
 
                                           v.
 
SYLVIA GONZALEZ RODRIGUEZ VELA,                         Appellee.
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                On appeal from County
Court at Law No. 1
                           of Hidalgo
County, Texas.
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                     MEMORANDUM OPINION
 
              Before Justices
Rodriguez, Castillo, and Garza
                       Memorandum Opinion Per
Curiam
 

Appellant, FERNANDO GONZALEZ, perfected an appeal from
a judgment entered by County Court at Law No. 1 of Hidalgo
County, Texas, in cause number CC-045-99-1.  The clerk=s record was filed on August 24, 2005.  No reporter=s record was filed.  Appellant=s brief was due on March 15, 2006.  To date, no appellate brief has been
received.
When the appellant has failed to file a brief in the time prescribed,
the Court may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution, unless the appellant
reasonably explains the failure and the appellee is not significantly injured
by the appellant=s failure to timely
file a brief.  Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1).
On April 18, 2006, notice was given to all parties
that this appeal was subject to dismissal pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1). 
Appellant was given ten days to explain why the cause should not be
dismissed for failure to file a brief. 
To date, no response has been received.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file,
appellant=s failure to file a
proper appellate brief, this Court=s notice, and
appellant=s failure to respond,
is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of
prosecution.  The appeal is hereby
DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION.
PER CURIAM
Memorandum Opinion
delivered and 
filed this the 25th day of May, 2006.