Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-10 09:09:28.393215+00
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In the
                       Court of Appeals
         Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                            No. 06-23-00074-CV

CHARLESA FLATTEN, KYLE JACOB FLATTEN, AND/OR ALL OCCUPANTS OF 996
         EDDINGTON ROAD, MARSHALL, TEXAS 75672, Appellants

                                      V.

SECRETARY OF THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS, AN OFFICER OF
                      THE UNITED STATES, Appellee

                  On Appeal from the County Court at Law
                          Harrison County, Texas
                     Trial Court No. 2023-11550-CCL

                Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
                  Memorandum Opinion by Justice Rambin
                                MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Appellants Charlesa Flatten, Kyle Jacob Flatten, and/or all occupants of 996 Eddington

Road, Marshall, Texas, proceeding pro se, filed a notice of appeal in this matter on

September 27, 2023. Appellants are not indigent and are, thus, responsible for payment of the

fees related to preparation of the appellate record. See TEX. R. APP. P. 20.1, 35.3(a)(2), (b)(3),

37.3(b), (c). The appellate record in this appeal was due to be filed on or before November 27,

2023. When neither the clerk’s nor reporter’s records were filed by November 27, the clerk of

this Court sent a late record notice to Appellants, informing them that they had until December

21, 2023, to cure the defects and warning them that, if the defects were not cured, this appeal

would be subject to dismissal for want of prosecution. After receiving payment from the

Appellants, the court reporter filed the reporter’s record on December 13, 2023. The trial court

clerk did not receive payment from the Appellants and, as a result, did not file the clerk’s record.

We conclude that the clerk’s record was not filed due to the fault of Appellants. Accordingly,

we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b), (c).

                                              Jeff Rambin
                                              Justice

Date Submitted:        January 5, 2024
Date Decided:          January 8, 2024

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