Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2015-10-16 02:18:34.968785+00
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NUMBER 13-13-00426-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                      CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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              IN THE MATTER OF S.B. JR., A CHILD
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             On appeal from the 357th District Court
                  of Cameron County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
     Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Perkes and Longoria
                   Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       Appellant, S.B. Jr., a child, has appealed from an order of disposition committing

appellant to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department (the “TJJD”). The appellant's brief

in the above cause was originally due on January 13, 2014. Appellant has previously

requested and received three prior extensions of time to file the brief, with the last

deadline to file the brief having been set at May 29, 2014. Appellant did not file the brief.

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       On June 9, 2014, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that the brief had not

been timely 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. See TEX. R. APP.

P. 38.8(a). Appellant has failed to file the brief. Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED

FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION. See id.; see also R. 42.3(b)(c).

                                                                PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
17th day of July, 2014.

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