Debora Isome v. Linda Lieu

COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
DEBORA ISOME, §
No. 08-14-00020-CV
Appellant, §
Appeal from the
v. §
County Court at Law No. 2
LINDA LIEU, §
of Dallas County, Texas
Appellee. §
(TC# CC-1306323-B)
§
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This appeal is before the Court on its own motion to determine whether it should be
dismissed for want of prosecution. Finding that Appellant has not filed a brief or a motion for
extension of time to file her brief, we dismiss the appeal.
This Court possesses the authority to dismiss an appeal for want of prosecution when the
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 pet.). On April 9, 2014, we notified Appellant that her brief
was past due and no motion for extension of time to file a brief had been received. The letter
also informed her of the Court’s intent to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless,
within ten days of the notice, she responded showing grounds to continue the appeal. Appellant
has not filed a response. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.
TEX.R.APP.P. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b).
GUADALUPE RIVERA, Justice
May 23, 2014
Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, and Rodriguez, JJ.
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