Fidel Arguelles Jr. v. Hollywood Development ( 2022 )

NUMBER 13-22-00105-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG
FIDEL ARGUELLES JR., Appellant,
v.
HOLLYWOOD DEVELOPMENT, Appellee.
On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 6
of Hidalgo County, Texas.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Longoria, Hinojosa, and Silva
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Silva
This cause is before the Court on its own motion. On August 1, 2022, the Clerk of
the Court advised appellant Fidel Arguelles Jr. that his brief was due by August 31, 2022.
On September 9, 2022, and again on September 26, 2022, the Clerk notified the appellant
that the brief had not been timely filed and that the appeal would be dismissed for want
of prosecution unless appellant reasonably explained the failure to timely file a brief and
the appellee would not be significantly injured by a late filing. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a),
42.3(b), (c). Each of the Clerk’s notices required appellant to provide a response within
ten days. However, appellant has not responded to either notice or filed the brief in this
matter. Accordingly, on its own motion, the Court dismisses the appeal for want of
prosecution and because appellant failed to comply with the requirements of the appellate
rules and directives from the Clerk. See id. R. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b), (c).
CLARISSA SILVA
Justice
Delivered and filed on the
27th day of October, 2022.
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