Autopedia Inc. v. Twonya Madlock ( 2023 )

DISMISS and Opinion Filed August 8, 2023
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-23-00447-CV
AUTOPEDIA INC., Appellant
V.
TWONYA MADLOCK, Appellee
On Appeal from the 192nd Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-22-11969
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Nowell, Goldstein, and Breedlove
Opinion by Justice Nowell
This appeal was filed by Homayoon Samii, appellant’s registered agent and
owner. Because the Texas Supreme Court has stated that only a licensed attorney
may represent a corporation in court, and nothing before us reflected Mr. Samii is a
licensed attorney, we notified appellant by letter that the appeal was subject to
dismissal unless it retained counsel within thirty days. See Kunstoplast of Am., Inc.
v. Formosa Plastics Corp., 937 S.W.2d 455, 456 (Tex. 1996) (per curiam). More
than thirty days have passed, and appellant has not complied. Accordingly, we
dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c); Earth Energy Util. Corp. v.
Environmentally Engineered Equip., Inc.. 05-10-01610-CV, 2012 WL 4845658(Tex. App.—Dallas Oct. 10, 2012, no pet.) (dismissing appeal for failure of appellant
corporation to notify court it had retained counsel).
/Erin A. Nowell/
ERIN A. NOWELL
JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
AUTOPEDIA INC., Appellant On Appeal from the 192nd Judicial
District Court, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-23-00447-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. DC-22-11969.
Opinion delivered by Justice Nowell,
TWONYA MADLOCK, Appellee Justices Goldstein and Breedlove
participating.
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.
We ORDER that appellee Twonya Madlock recover her costs, if any, of this
appeal from appellant Autopedia Inc.
Judgment entered August 8, 2023.
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