Vanessa Adams v. Hartex Property Group, Inc., D/B/A the Oaks of Woodforest Apartments ( 2001 )

In The Court of Appeals Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-01-00025-CV ______________________________



VANESSA ADAMS, Appellant

V.

HARTEX PROPERTY GROUP, INC., D/B/A THE OAKS OF WOODFOREST APARTMENTS, Appellee

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On Appeal from the 55th Judicial District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court No. 9946251

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Before Cornelius, C.J., Grant and Ross, JJ. Opinion by Chief Justice Cornelius

O P I N I O N

Vanessa Adams has filed an appeal from a judgment rendered in favor of Hartex Property Group, Inc., d/b/a the Oaks of Woodforest Apartments. As part of its docket equalization program, the Texas Supreme Court transferred the appeal to this Court from the Houston First Court of Appeals. The record was originally due to be filed on March 22, 2001. After being contacted by this Court several times, on July 11, 2001, counsel filed a motion to extend time to file the reporter's record and also filed a motion to withdraw from representation. The motion to withdraw was in compliance with Tex. R. App. P. 6. We granted an extension to September 17, 2001, and also granted the motion to withdraw.

Neither the clerk's nor the reporter's record has been filed. We have since contacted the appellant directly. In our final correspondence of November 7, 2001, we reminded her that she had taken no action to prosecute the appeal since the filing of the notice of appeal. We then warned her that if she did not, within ten days, show good cause for continuing the appeal, it would be subject to dismissal for want of prosecution.

Over twenty days have elapsed since we issued the order. We have received no response. In the complete absence of any tangible effort by Adams to pursue her appeal in the face of our warnings, we now dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b), (c).

The appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.

William J. Cornelius

Chief Justice

Date Submitted: December 4, 2001

Date Decided: December 4, 2001

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