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Date Created: 2023-10-08 07:10:49.777301+00
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Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 5, 2023.

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-23-00497-CV

   HAASH HOLDINGS, LLC; AZHAR M. CHAUDHARY; AND AZHAR
            CHAUDHARY LAW FIRM, PC, Appellants

                                         V.

                        FORT BEND COUNTY, Appellee

                    On Appeal from the 400th District Court
                            Fort Bend County, Texas
                     Trial Court Cause No. 21-DCV-289124

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      This appeal is from a judgment signed on April 6, 2023. The notice of appeal
was filed July 14, 2023. To date, our records show that appellants have not paid the
appellate filing fee. See Tex. R. App. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases
unless party is excused by statute or by appellate rules from paying costs). Tex.
Gov’t Code § 51.207 (appellate fees and costs). Moreover, no clerk’s record has
been filed. The clerk responsible for preparing the record in this appeal indicated to
the court appellants did not make arrangements to pay for the record.

      On July 31, 2023, appellants were instructed to pay the appellate filing fee on
or before August 10, 2023 or the appeal would be subject to dismissal without further
notice. In addition, on August 11, 2023, notification was transmitted to appellants
that the appeal was subject to dismissal without further notice unless, within fifteen
days, appellants made arrangements to pay for the record and provided this court
with proof of payment. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). Appellants did not provide any
response to any of those notices.

      On September 7, 2023, appellants were ordered to pay the filing fee and
demonstrate they had made arrangements to pay for the clerk’s record on or before
September 18, 2023. See Tex. R. App. P. 4.1(a). In the order, the court notified
appellants that failure to comply with either of those requirements would leave the
appeal subject to dismissal without further notice for want of prosecution.

      Appellants have not paid the appellate filing fee, they have not provided this
court with proof of payment for the record, nor have they otherwise responded to the
court’s order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c)
(allowing involuntary dismissal of case because appellant has failed to comply with
notice from clerk requiring response or other action within specified time).

                                    PER CURIAM

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

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