Court Opinion

ID: 3197022
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2016-04-22 20:16:07.103443+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:03:24.410341
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NUMBER 13-15-00458-CV

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                        CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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               IN THE INTEREST OF K.B., A CHILD
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             On appeal from the 279th District Court
                  of Jefferson County, Texas.
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                             MEMORANDUM OPINION
                  Before Justices Benavides, Perkes, and Longoria
                         Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

        The appellant's brief in the above cause was due on January 13, 2016. 1 On

January 21, 2016, February 4, 2016, and March 10, 2016, 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

        1 This case is before the Court on transfer from the Ninth Court of Appeals in Beaumont pursuant

to a docket equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 73.001
(West, Westlaw through 2015 R.S.).
explained the failure and the appellee was not significantly injured by the appellant's

failure to timely file a brief. To date, no response has been received from appellant.

       Appellant has failed to either reasonably explain her failure to file a brief, file a

motion for extension of time to file his brief, or file her 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
21st day of April, 2016.

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