












 
 
 
 
 
 
                             NUMBER13-05-224-CV
 
                         COURT OF APPEALS
 
               THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
 
                  CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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DIANA
TORRES,                                                      Appellant,
 
                                           v.
 
PALACIOS
HOUSING AUTHORITY,                               Appellee.
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                      On appeal from the County Court
                         of Matagorda
County, Texas.
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                     MEMORANDUM OPINION
 
                Before Justices
Hinojosa, Yañez, and Garza
                       Memorandum Opinion Per
Curiam
 




Appellant, DIANA
TORRES, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the   County Court of Matagorda
County, Texas, in cause number 5002.  The clerk=s record was filed on May 16, 2005.  A
supplemental clerk=s record was filed on
May 23, 2005.  No reporter=s record was filed.  Appellant=s brief was due on June 22, 2005.  To date, no
appellate brief has been received.  In
addition, appellant has failed to pay the $125.00 filing fee in this matter.
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 July
25, 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 pay the
$125.00 filing fee and 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 August, 2005
 
 
 

