






NUMBER 13-06-322-CV


COURT OF APPEALS


THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS


CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

____________________________________________________________

KENNETH MURRAY LOCKE,	Appellant,

v.


TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND 
PROTECTIVE SERVICES,	Appellee.
____________________________________________________________

On appeal from the 119th District Court

of Tom Green County, Texas.

______________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION


Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Yañez and Garza

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam


	Appellant, KENNETH MURRAY LOCKE, perfected an appeal from a judgment
entered by the 119th District Court of Tom Green County, Texas, in cause number B-04-120-CPS.  No clerk's record has been filed due to appellant's failure to pay or make
arrangements to pay the clerk's fee for preparing the clerk's record.  
	If the trial court clerk fails to file the clerk's record because the appellant failed to
pay or make arrangements to pay the clerk's fee for preparing the clerk's record, the
appellate court may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless the appellant was
entitled to proceed without payment of costs.  Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b).
	On August 7, 2006, notice was given to all parties that this appeal was subject to
dismissal pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b).  Appellant was given ten days to explain why
the cause should not be dismissed.  To date, no response has been received from
appellant. 
	The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file, appellant's
failure to pay or make arrangements to pay the clerk's fee for preparing the clerk's record, 
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 14th day of September, 2006.


