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Date Created: 2020-09-21 07:14:05.076564+00
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NUMBER 13-20-00035-CV

                       COURT OF APPEALS

               THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                 CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
____________________________________________________________

ERIC MUENZLER D/B/A
QUALITY IMPROVEMENTS,                                             Appellant,

                                    v.

MUSTANG MACHINERY
COMPANY, LTD. D/B/A
MUSTANG CAT,                                        Appellee.
____________________________________________________________

              On appeal from the 85th District Court
                   of Brazos County, Texas.
____________________________________________________________

                    MEMORANDUM OPINION
         Before Justices Benavides, Hinojosa, and Tijerina
             Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina

    This cause is before the court on appellee’s motion to dismiss for want of
prosecution. Appellant did not file a response to the motion. 1

       The appellant's brief in the above cause was originally due on May 4, 2020. On

May 6, 2020, the Clerk of the Court sent notice to appellant instructing that this appeal

was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure

38.8(a)(1), unless appellant reasonably explained the failure and the appellees were not

significantly injured by the appellant's failure to timely file a brief.

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

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

dismiss is GRANTED, and the appeal is DISMISSED for want of prosecution. See TEX.

R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b)(c).

                                                                    JAIME TIJERINA
                                                                    Justice

Delivered and filed the
17th day of September, 2020.

       1 This case is before this Court on transfer from the Tenth Court of Appeals in Waco pursuant to
a docket-equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001.

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