Court Opinion

ID: 4190511
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Date Created: 2017-07-28 14:16:59.3344+00
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NUMBER 13-17-00216-CV

                                  COURT OF APPEALS

                      THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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KEITH WILEY,                                                                               Appellant,

                                                    v.

IRMA JEWELL & SUMMER TOUPS,                        Appellees.
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             On appeal from the 201st District Court
                    of Travis County, Texas.
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                              MEMORANDUM OPINION
        Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Longoria and Hinojosa
                  Memorandum Opinion by Justice Hinojosa

        The appellant’s brief in the above cause was due on June 5, 2017. 1 On June 21,

2017, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that the brief had not been timely filed and

        1 This case is before the Court on transfer from the Third Court of Appeals in Austin 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.).
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 appellees were 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 his failure to file a brief, file a

motion for extension of time to file the brief, or file the brief. Accordingly, the appeal is

DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b)(c).

                                                         LETICIA HINOJOSA
                                                         Justice

Delivered and filed the
27th day of July, 2017.

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