                                       In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-17-00458-CV
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                       ROBERT CALDWELL, Appellant

                                          V.

   TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONAL
                    DIVISION, Appellee
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                    On Appeal from the County Court at Law
                              Polk County, Texas
                          Trial Cause No. CV03461
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      The trial court signed a final judgment on November 9, 2017. Robert Caldwell

filed a notice of appeal but failed to file a brief. On February 9, 2018, we notified

the parties that appellant’s brief had not been filed, and we warned the appellant that

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

prosecution. On February 27, 2018, we notified the parties that the appeal would be




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submitted to the Court on March 20, 2018, without briefs and 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 for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1); Tex. R. App. P.

42.3(b).

      APPEAL DISMISSED.


                                              ________________________________
                                                     LEANNE JOHNSON
                                                           Justice



Submitted on March 20, 2018
Opinion Delivered March 29, 2018

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.




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