Opinion
No. 08-12-00116-CV
07-31-2012
ROGELIO MARQUEZ, Appellant, v. MARIA ESTHER MARQUEZ, Appellee.
Appeal from the
65th Judicial District Court
of El Paso County, Texas
(TC# 2004CM737)
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This appeal is before the Court on its own motion to determine whether the appeal should be dismissed for want of prosecution. Finding that Appellant has not filed a brief or a motion for extension of time to file his 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 writ).
On June 14, 2012, the Clerk of the Court notified Appellant that his brief was past due and no motion for extension of time to file a brief had been received. The Clerk also informed the parties of the Court's intent to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless, within ten days of the notice, a party responded showing grounds to continue the appeal. No response has been received as of this date. We dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b).
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GUADALUPE RIVERA, Justice
Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, J., and Antcliff, J.