Opinion
No. 07-14-00366-CV
10-31-2014
DARK PUPPET, LLC, APPELLANT v. RAIDERPARK, LP & CLAYTON B. ISOM, APPELLEES
On Appeal from the 237th District Court Lubbock County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2013-508,428; Honorable Les Hatch, Presiding
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before QUINN, C.J., and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.
Appellant, Dark Puppet, LLC, filed this appeal from the trial court's summary judgment in favor of Appellees, Raiderpark, LP and Clayton B. Isom. The notice of appeal was filed on October 13, 2014. By letter dated October 14, 2014, this Court notified Dark Puppet, LLC that the filing fee of $195.00 had not been paid and that failure to submit payment within ten days might result in dismissal of the appeal. Dark Puppet, LLC has not responded, paid the filing fee nor made other arrangements for the discharge of the clerk's filing fee. See TEX. R. APP. P. 12.1(b).
Unless a party is excused from paying a filing fee, the Clerk of this Court is required to collect filing fees set by statute or the Texas Supreme Court when an item is presented for filing. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 and 12.1(b). Although the filing of a notice of appeal invokes this Court's jurisdiction, if a party fails to follow the prescribed rules of appellate procedure, the appeal may be dismissed. TEX. R. APP. P. 25.1(b).
Accordingly, this appeal is dismissed for failure to comply with a directive from this Court requiring action within a specified time. TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c).
Patrick A. Pirtle
Justice