Maria Aguilera v. Gregory D. Bentley ( 2010 )

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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MARIA AGUILERA, No. 08-10-00058-CV
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Appellant, Appeal from the
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v. County Court at Law No. 3
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GREGORY D. BENTLEY, of El Paso County, Texas
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Appellee. (TC# 2008-4781)
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This appeal is before the Court on its own motion for determination whether the appeal
should be dismissed for want of prosecution. Finding that Appellant has not filed a brief or a motion
for extension of time, we dismiss the appeal.
Appellant’s brief was due to be filed on April 11, 2010. On May 3, 2010, the Clerk of the
Court sent the parties a notice of the Court’s intent to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution if,
within ten days of the notice, no party responded showing grounds to continue the appeal. No
response has been received as of this date. This Court possesses the authority to dismiss an appeal
for want of prosecution when appellant has failed to file his brief in the time prescribed, and gives
no reasonable explanation for such failure. TEX .R.APP .P. 38.8(a)(1); Elizondo v. City of San
Antonio, 975 S.W.2d 61, 63 (Tex.App.--San Antonio 1998, no writ). We have given notice of our
intent to dismiss the appeal and have requested a response if a reasonable basis for failure to file the
brief exists, but we have received no response from Appellant. We therefore dismiss the appeal for
want of prosecution pursuant to TEX .R.APP .P. 38.8(a)(1) and 42.3(c).
July 30, 2010
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Justice
Before Chew, C.J., McClure, and Rivera, JJ.