Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-08-09 07:08:02.725808+00
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DISMISSED and Opinion Filed August 4, 2023

                                      In The
                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                               No. 05-21-00862-CV

                    DEBORAH ANN PRUITT, Appellant
                                V.
                 DOROTHY JEAN MULCIHY HYDE, Appellee

                 On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2
                             Dallas County, Texas
                     Trial Court Cause No. CC-18-01834-B

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
                  Before Justices Reichek, Nowell, and Goldstein
                           Opinion by Justice Goldstein
      We notified appellant, who is proceeding pro se, that her brief failed to comply

with rule 38.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.1.

We listed numerous defects in the brief, including that the statement of the case was

not supported by record citations, or list the issues for review. Further, no part of

the brief contained any citations to the record. To date, appellant has not filed an

amended brief.

      Even liberally construing appellant’s August 31, 2022 brief, we conclude it is

wholly inadequate to present any questions for appellate review and is in flagrant
violation of rule 38.1. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.1; Bolling v. Farmers Branch Indep.

Sch. Dist., 315 S.W.3d 893, 895 (Tex. App—Dallas 2010, no pet.). The summary

of the argument section and the argument sections of the brief consists only of a

heading without any reference to the record or to authority. Further, although

directed to do so, appellant has failed to file an amended brief correcting the briefing

deficiencies. Under these circumstances, we strike appellant’s August 31, 2022 brief

and dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.9(a);

42.3(b),(c).

                                            /Bonnie Lee Goldstein/
210862f.p05                                 BONNIE LEE GOLDSTEIN
                                            JUSTICE

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                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                 JUDGMENT

DEBORAH ANN PRUITT,                          On Appeal from the County Court at
Appellant                                    Law No. 2, Dallas County, Texas
                                             Trial Court Cause No. CC-18-01834-
No. 05-21-00862-CV          V.               B.
                                             Opinion delivered by Justice
DOROTHY JEAN MULCIHY                         Goldstein. Justices Reichek and
HYDE, Appellee                               Nowell participating.

    In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, this appeal is
DISMISSED.

Judgment entered this 4th day of August, 2023.

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