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Date Created: 2023-09-10 07:10:28.779733+00
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Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed September 7, 2023.

                                       In The

                     Fourteenth Court of Appeals

                               NO. 14-23-00500-CV

                  CRYSTAL SANCHEZ, ET AL., Appellants

                                         V.

                    GUSTAVO RIVERA, ET AL., Appellees

                    On Appeal from the 152nd District Court
                             Harris County, Texas
                       Trial Court Cause No. 2021-01924

                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      This appeal is from a judgment signed on June 28, 2023. The notice of appeal
was filed July 17, 2023. To date, our records show that appellants have not paid the
appellate filing fee. See Tex. R. App. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases
unless party is excused by statute or by appellate rules from paying costs). Tex.
Gov’t Code § 51.207 (appellate fees and costs). Moreover, no clerk’s record has
been filed. The clerk responsible for preparing the record in this appeal indicated to
the court appellants did not make arrangements to pay for the record.
      On July 28, 2023, notification was transmitted to appellants that the appeal
was subject to dismissal without further notice unless, within fifteen days, appellants
made arrangements to pay for the record and provided this court with proof of
payment. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). In addition, on July 31, 2023, appellants were
instructed to pay the appellate filing fee on or before August 10, 2023 or the appeal
would be subject to dismissal without further notice. Appellants did not provide any
response to any of those notices.

      On August 17, 2023, appellants were ordered to pay the filing fee and
demonstrate they had made arrangements to pay for the clerk’s record on or before
August 28, 2023. See Tex. R. App. P. 4.1(a). In the order, the court notified
appellants that failure to comply with either of those requirements would leave the
appeal subject to dismissal without further notice for want of prosecution.

      Appellants have not paid the appellate filing fee, they have not provided this
court with proof of payment for the record, nor have they otherwise responded to the
court’s order. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c)
(allowing involuntary dismissal of case because appellant has failed to comply with
notice from clerk requiring response or other action within specified time).

                                    PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Wise, Zimmerer, and Poissant.

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