Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-12-13 10:09:37.446153+00
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In the
              Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                  No. 06-23-00075-CV

            ROBERT G. WALKER, Appellant

                            V.

         LAMAR COUNTY, ET AL., Appellees

         On Appeal from the 62nd District Court
                Lamar County, Texas
                Trial Court No. 89503

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

        Appellant Robert G. Walker filed a pro se notice of appeal on September 21, 2023. The

clerk’s record was filed on October 25, 2023. The original deadline for Walker’s appellate brief

was December 7, 2023.

        On November 27, 2023, we received a document that purported to be Walker’s appellate

brief. That same day, we sent Walker a letter explaining that, for numerous reasons, the

document we received was inadequate to serve as a brief because it did not meet the

requirements of Rule 38.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1.

In our letter, we provided Walker with a detailed explanation of why the document he provided

to this Court failed to comply with Rule 38.1. We informed Walker that, if he did not file a brief

that complied with Rule 38.1 by December 18, 2023, the appeal would be ripe for dismissal.

        On December 4, 2023, Walker provided this Court with a second document that we

construed as his “corrected” brief. That document also failed to comply with the requirements of

Rule 38.1. Because Walker did not file a brief meeting the requirements of Rule 38.1, his appeal

is ripe for dismissal.1

1
 On October 23, 2023, the appellees filed a motion to dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. Because this
opinion is dispositive, we deny appellees’ motion to dismiss as moot.
                                                       2
       Pursuant to Rules 38.8 and 42.3 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we dismiss

this appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8, 42.3; see also Williams v. Johnson,

No. 10-02-346-CV, 2003 WL 21361266 (Tex. App.—Waco June 4, 2003, pet. denied) (per

curiam) (mem. op.).

                                                 Charles van Cleef
                                                 Justice

Date Submitted:       December 7, 2023
Date Decided:         December 8, 2023

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