Court Opinion

ID: 4674396
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Date Created: 2021-04-05 07:16:03.458954+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:11:45.284628
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NUMBER 13-20-00448-CV

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                        CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
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ROLAND VANCE JACKSON,                                                                    Appellant,

                                                   v.

KARL EASLEY,                                        Appellee.
____________________________________________________________

          On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1
                     of Ellis County, Texas.
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                              MEMORANDUM OPINION
                 Before Justices Benavides, Hinojosa, and Silva
                     Memorandum Opinion by Justice Silva

        On October 5, 2020, appellant filed a notice of appeal. 1 On November 3, 2020,

the clerk of the court notified appellant the notice of appeal was defective and instructed

him to file an amended notice of appeal with the county clerk within 30 days from the date

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         This case is before the 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.
of the notice. The notice also instructed the parties to file a docketing statement within 15

days. On January 8, 2021, the clerk of the court notified the appellant, for the second

time, the notice of appeal was defective. The notice instructed appellant that if, after ten

days, the defect remained uncured, the appeal shall be dismissed. To date, we have

received no response and no other filings from appellant.

       Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P.

42.3(b),(c).

                                                                CLARISSA SILVA
                                                                Justice

Delivered and filed on the
1st day of April, 2021.

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