Two Thousand Eight Hundred and Forty Dollars ($2,840.00) in United States Currency v. State ( 2014 )

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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TWO THOUSAND EIGHT HUNDRED No. 08-13-00287-CV
AND FORTY DOLLARS ($2,840.00) §
IN UNITED STATES CURRENCY, Appeal from
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Appellant, Criminal District Court No. 1
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v. of El Paso County, Texas
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THE STATE OF TEXAS, (TC # 2012DCV05894)
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Appellee.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This appeal is before the Court on its own motion for determination of whether it should
be dismissed for want of prosecution. Finding that Appellant, Johnny Lee Dennis, has failed to
pay the case filing fee and has failed to comply with a notice by the Clerk requiring a response,
we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.
The trial court entered a summary judgment and Appellant filed a timely notice of appeal
but he has not paid the case filing fee of $195.00 nor has he established he is indigent in
accordance with TEX.R.APP.P. 20.1. On November 7, 2013, the Clerk of the Court sent
Appellant a letter notifying him that the case filing fee had not been paid and failure to pay it
within twenty days could result in dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution pursuant to
TEX.R.APP.P. 42.3(b) and (c). Appellant has not paid the filing fee or otherwise responded to the
Clerk’s inquiries. We therefore dismiss the appeal.
February 19, 2014
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice
Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, and Rodriguez, JJ.
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