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NUMBER 13-10-00388-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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JUAN BELLA AND SONYA BELLA,                                             APPELLANTS,

                                            v.

JUAN R. CABALLERO AND SYLVIA CABALLERO,          APPELLEES.
____________________________________________________________

                On appeal from the County Court
                   of Willacy County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
                   Before Justices Garza, Vela, and Perkes
                     Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      The appellants’ brief in the above cause was due on February 7, 2011. On March

3, 2011, the Clerk of the Court notified pro se appellant Juan Bella that the brief had not

been filed and 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 appellee was not

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

       On April 29, 2011, the Clerk of the Court notified pro se appellant Sonya Bella that

the brief had not been filed and 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

appellee was not significantly injured by the appellant's failure to timely file a brief.

       To date, no response has been received from appellants. Appellants have failed

to either reasonably explain their 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).

                                                     PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
23rd day of June, 2011.

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