Alicia Jimenez and Jose L. Jimenez v. Lucia Mejia Soria ( 2006 )

COURT OF APPEALS

COURT OF APPEALS

EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

EL PASO, TEXAS

ALICIA JIMENEZ and LUIS JIMENEZ,              )

                                                                              )     No.  08-05-00318-CV

Appellants,                         )

                                                                              )                    Appeal from the

v.                                                                           )

                                                                              )     120th District Court

LUCIA MEJIA SORIA,                                        )

                                                                              )     of El Paso County, Texas

Appellee.                           )

                                                                              )     (TC# 2003-5262)

                                                                              )

O P I N I O N

Pending before the Court on its own initiative is the dismissal of this appeal for want of prosecution.  See Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(b).  This Court possesses the authority to dismiss an appeal for want of prosecution when an appellant in a civil case fails to timely file its brief and gives no reasonable explanation for such failure.  See Tex.R.App.P. 38.8(a)(1).

On September 23, 2005, Appellant timely filed a notice of appeal in this cause.  As of this date, no Appellant=s brief nor motion for extension of time has been filed with the Court.  On May 18, 2006, this Court=s clerk sent a letter to the parties indicating the Court=s intent to dismiss the case for want of prosecution absent a response from any party within ten days to show grounds for continuing the appeal.  No response has been received as of this date.  Accordingly, pursuant to Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(b) and (c), we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.

June 22, 2006

DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice

Before Barajas, C.J., McClure, and Chew, JJ.