Legal Opinion
Jimenez v. Soria
Texas Court of Appeals, 8th District (El Paso)
Decided June 22, 2006No. 08-05-00318-CVPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
DAVID WELLINGTON CHEW, Justice.
Pending before the Court on its own initiative is the dismissal of this appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex.R.App.P. 42.3(b). This Court possesses the authority to dismiss an appeal for want of prosecution when an appellant in a civil case fails to timely file its brief and gives no reasonable explanation for such failure. See TexR.App.P. 38.8(a)(1).
On September 23, 2005, Appellant timely filed a notice of appeal in this cause. As of this date, no Appellant’s brief nor motion for extension of time has been filed with the Court. On May 18, 2006, this…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Alan L. Hamilton, Individually and as Successor Trustee of the Hamilton Family Trust, and as Independent of the Estate of Maurine P. Hamilton v. Daniel Davila, III, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2015
- Diane R. Mendez v. Pablo Garcia, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2019
- Joe Pittman Young v. Anna S. Lopez, Texas Court of Appeals, 13th District2019