Court Opinion

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NUMBER 13-11-00335-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                      CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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WILLIAM ASHLEY NEAL, INDIVIDUALLY AND
D/B/A TILE OF LUXURY AND POWER PRODUCTIONS,                                   Appellant,

                                            v.

MICHAEL C. DAWSON,                                  Appellee.
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          On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 4
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
                Before Justices Rodriguez, Vela, and Perkes
                     Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam
       The appellant's brief in the above cause was due on July 28, 2011. On October 5,

2011, 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. The notice was sent to appellant's

last known address; however, the notice was returned unclaimed. On October 27, 2011,

the Court resent the notice regular mail and no response has been filed.

       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

Delivered and filed the
15th day of December, 2011.