Opinion
No. 03-09-00023-CV
Filed: November 25, 2009.
Appealed from the District Court of Travis County, 53rd Judicial District No. D-1-GN-07-001548, Honorable Stephen Yelenosky, Judge Presiding.
Dismissed for Want of Prosecution.
Before Justices PATTERSON, PURYEAR and PEMBERTON.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellants filed their notice of appeal on January 20, 2009. The record was filed on June 11, 2009, making appellants' brief due July 13. On August 14, after no brief was received, we sent appellants notice that their brief was late, requesting a response no later than August 24. On August 25, appellant Hall checked out the record, and on August 26, we received a motion for extension of time, asking for an indefinite extension of time to file appellants' brief. The record was returned on August 28. On September 14, we granted appellants a sixty-day extension, making the brief due September 18. On October 28, having received no response, we sent appellants a second late-brief notice, cautioning that the appeal was subject to dismissal if we did not receive a response by November 9. On November 16, we received a "Notice of Mailing Regarding `Appellant's Brief,'" in which Hall claims to have mailed the brief on November 9. Although he states that as of November 16, he had "not received confirmation from the United States Postal Service that this Court has received said Brief," he has not supplied any tracking number or other means for this Court to verify that the brief was timely mailed as claimed. Further, Hall states that if he does not get confirmation of delivery by the close of business on November 18, he will "personally file in this Court the next day thereafter copies of the APPELLANT'S BRIEF, with formal motion to extend time," but as of the close of business on November 23, the promised brief was not received. We therefore dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).