                                        In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                                NO. 09-13-00256-CV
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                             SAEED ALLY, Appellant

                                          V.

         MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS LP, Appellee

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                    On Appeal from the 136th District Court
                          Jefferson County, Texas
                         Trial Cause No. A-189,012
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Saeed Ally filed a notice of appeal but failed to file a brief. On November 7,

2013, we notified the parties that the brief had not been filed and warned the

appellant that his failure to file a brief could result in a dismissal of the appeal for

want of prosecution. On December 13, 2013, we notified the parties that the appeal

would be submitted to the Court 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


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

42.3(b).

      APPEAL DISMISSED.


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                                                    STEVE McKEITHEN
                                                       Chief Justice


Submitted on January 3, 2014
Opinion Delivered January 16, 2014

Before McKeithen, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.




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