                                       In The

                                Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-17-00296-CV
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               IN RE COMMITMENT OF ROBERT CONWAY

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                    On Appeal from the 435th District Court
                         Montgomery County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 12-05-05193-CV
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      On July 31, 2017, the trial court signed an order denying Robert Conway’s

unauthorized petition for release from his civil commitment, which requires that he

submit to treatment as a sexually violent predator. Robert Conway filed a notice of

appeal but failed to file a brief. On June 12, 2018, we notified the parties that the

brief had not been filed, and we warned the appellant that his failure to file a brief

could result in a dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution. On July 2, 2018,




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we notified the parties that the appeal would be submitted to the Court on July 23,

2018, without briefs and without oral argument. See Tex. R. App. P. 39.8.

      In the absence of a brief assigning error for appellate review, we dismiss the

appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1); Tex. R. App. P.

42.3(b).

      APPEAL DISMISSED.


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                                                     HOLLIS HORTON
                                                          Justice




Submitted on July 23, 2018
Opinion Delivered July 26, 2018

Before Kreger, Horton and Johnson, JJ.




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