The appellate court vacated the sale of property to Moser and remanded to the circuit court for further proceedings. 312 Ill. App.3d 289. We now reverse the judgment of the appellate court.

Ill. S.Ct. R. 343 (eff. July 1, 2008); see also First Capitol Mortgage Corp. v. Talandis Construction Corp., 63 Ill.2d 128, 131, 345 N.E.2d 493 (1976) (“[I]t is permissible for a reviewing court in the exercise of its inherent authority to dismiss an appeal for the appellant's failure to file its brief within the time prescribed by rules of this court as suggested by the committee comment to our Rule 343.”); Steinbrecher v. Steinbrecher, 312 Ill.App.3d 289, 244 Ill.Dec. 807, 726 N.E.2d 1118 (2000) (dismissing appellant's appeal where he did not file a brief or join in briefs filed by co-appellant), rev'd on other grounds, 197 Ill.2d 514, 259 Ill.Dec. 729, 759 N.E.2d 509 (2001). Farmers has never appeared, and after being served with Universal's appellee brief requesting dismissal of Farmers' appeal, Farmers did not respond. It is apparent that after filing a notice of appeal with LKQ, Farmers has abandoned the appeal. Accordingly, we exercise our authority under the Illinois Supreme Court Rules to dismiss the appeal of Farmers.