                             NUMBER 13-09-00530-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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NEHEMIAS LUCIO,                                                           APPELLANT,

                                            v.

MANUEL FLORES FEDERICO RAMOS,                     APPELLEE.
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          On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1
                   of Cameron County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

                   Before Justices Yañez, Benavides, and Vela
                       Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       The appellant's brief in the above cause was due on October 15, 2009. On October

23, 2009, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that the brief had not been timely filed

and that the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution under Texas Rule of

Appellate Procedure 38.8(a)(1), unless within ten days from the date of receipt of this
letter, appellant reasonably explained the failure and the appellee was not significantly

injured by the appellant's failure to timely file a brief. To date, no response has been

received from appellant.

       Appellant has failed to either reasonably explain his failure to file a brief, file a

motion for extension of time to file his brief, or file his brief. Accordingly, the appeal is

DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION. See TEX . R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b).



                                                  PER CURIAM


Delivered and filed the 17th
day of December, 2009.




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