Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-03-04 19:08:13.44027+00
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NUMBER 13-22-00226-CV

                    COURT OF APPEALS

            THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

             CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

GERARDO CASTILLO,                                        Appellant,

                              v.

U.S. BANK, N.A., SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE
TO LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
ON BEHALF OF THE HOLDERS OF BEAR
STEARNS ASSET BAKED SECURITIES I
TRUST 2007-HE7, ASSET-BACKED
CERTIFICATES SERIES 2007-HE7,                            Appellees.

         On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 4
                  of Hidalgo County, Texas.

                 MEMORANDUM OPINION

         Before Justices Benavides, Tijerina, and Peña
            Memorandum Opinion by Justice Peña
        This matter is before the Court on its own motion. On September 26, 2022, the

Clerk of the Court notified appellant that, pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure

38.8(a)(1), the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution unless, within ten

days, appellant provided reasonable explanation for his failure to timely file a brief. The

Court subsequently granted appellant’s motion for extension of time to file brief, extending

the deadline from September 22, 2022, to November 28, 2022. On December 22, 2022,

the Court granted appellant’s second amended motion for extension of time to file brief.

We ordered appellant to file an appellate brief with this Court on or before 5:00 p.m. on

January 27, 2023. The Court again informed appellant that his appeal was subject to

dismissal for want of prosecution, but to date appellant has failed to file a brief.

        Appellant has neither reasonably explained the delay in filing a motion for

extension of time nor filed his brief. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of

prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b),(c). We dismiss all pending motions as

moot.

                                                                 L. ARON PEÑA JR.
                                                                 Justice

Delivered and filed on the
2nd day of March, 2023.

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