COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-17-00420-CV LAWRENCE HILL APPELLANT V. PENNYMAC MORTGAGE APPELLEES HOLDINGS, LLC.; STANDFORD KURLAND-INDIVIDUALLY; AND FEDERAL NATIONAL MORTGAGE ASSOCIATION, COMMONLY KNOWN AS FANNIE MAE ------------ FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 3 OF TARRANT COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 2017-007137-3 ------------ MEMORANDUM OPINION1 AND JUDGMENT ------------ On March 8, 2018, we notified appellant Lawrence Hill that his brief had not been timely filed and that we could dismiss his appeal for want of prosecution unless, no later than March 19, he filed his brief along with an extension motion reasonably explaining the need for an extension. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.5(b), 38.6, 38.8(a), 42.3, 44.3. Hill did not respond to our notice. Because Hill failed 1 See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4. to file a brief after he was given an opportunity to reasonably explain the failure, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b), 43.2(f). PER CURIAM PANEL: GABRIEL, KERR, and PITTMAN, JJ. DELIVERED: April 12, 2018 2