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                         COURT OF APPEALS
 
               THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
 
                  CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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              IN THE INTEREST OF
T. M. LOFTON, A CHILD
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                   On appeal from the 24th District Court
                           of De Witt
County, Texas.
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                     MEMORANDUM OPINION
 
                Before Justices
Hinojosa, Yañez, and Garza
                       Memorandum Opinion Per
Curiam
 
Appellant, BRIAN RUSSELL, perfected an appeal from a
judgment entered by the   24th
District Court of De Witt County, Texas, in cause number 05-01-19,876.  The clerk=s record was filed on April 22, 2005.  No reporter=s record was filed.  Appellant=s brief was due on May 23, 2005.  To date, no
appellate brief has been received.  




When the appellant has failed to file a brief in the time prescribed,
the Court may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution, unless the appellant
reasonably explains the failure and the appellee is not significantly injured
by the appellant=s failure to timely
file a brief.  Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1).
On June 1, 2005, notice was given to all parties that
this appeal was subject to dismissal pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1). 
Appellant was given ten days to explain why the cause should not be
dismissed for failure to file a brief. 
To date, no response has been received.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file,
appellant=s failure to file a
proper appellate brief, this Court=s notice, and
appellant=s failure to respond,
is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of
prosecution.  The appeal is hereby
DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION.
PER CURIAM
 
Memorandum Opinion
delivered and filed
this the 30th
day of June, 2005
 
 
 

