                                        In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
                            ____________________
                               NO. 09-13-00495-CV
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                         DOYLE MARTINEZ, Appellant

                                          V.

      LYN N. HAWTHORNE D/B/A CLASSIC CONSIGNMENT AND
           SOUTHERN INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellees
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                    On Appeal from the 359th District Court
                         Montgomery County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 12-03-02745 CV
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Doyle Martinez filed a notice of appeal but failed to file a brief. On July 1,

2014, 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 July 21, 2014, we notified the parties that the appeal

would be submitted to the Court without oral argument. See Tex. R. App. P. 39.8.

“A court of appeals may not reverse a trial court’s judgment in the absence of


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properly assigned error.” San Jacinto River Auth. v. Duke, 783 S.W.2d 209, 209-10

(Tex. 1990). In the absence of a brief assigning error for appellate review, we

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

App. P. 42.3(b).

      APPEAL DISMISSED.


                                              ________________________________
                                                        LEANNE JOHNSON
                                                            Justice



Submitted on August 11, 2014
Opinion Delivered September 4, 2014

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.




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