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                             COURT OF APPEALS
 
                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
 
                                CORPUS CHRISTI
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RODNEY
LEE ARDOIN,                                                          Appellant,
 
                                                   v.
 
JANE
DOE TAMEZ, PROPERTY OFFICER 
INSTITUTIONAL DIVISION, TDCJ,                                           Appellee.
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                         On appeal from the 36th District Court
                                    of Bee County, Texas.
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                                   O P I N I O N
 
                   Before Justices
Dorsey, Rodriguez, and Castillo
                                       Opinion Per Curiam
 




Appellant, RODNEY
LEE ARDOIN, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the   36th District Court of Bee County, Texas, in cause number B-01-1488-0-CV-A-1.  The clerk=s record was filed on September 25,
2002.  No reporter=s record was filed.   Appellant=s brief was due on October 25, 2002. To date, no appellate brief has been received.
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 November 4, 2002,
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 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
Do not publish.
Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.
Opinion delivered and filed
this the 19th
day of December, 2002
 
 
 

