      TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN


                                       NO. 03-15-00605-CV



                                    Carolyn Barnes, Appellant

                                                  v.

  Commissioner of Texas Department of State Health Services Dr. John Hellerstedt,1 and
                       Attorney General Ken Paxton, Appellees



     FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY 419TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
      NO. D-1-GN-15-000877, HONORABLE ORLINDA NARANJO, JUDGE PRESIDING



                             MEMORANDUM OPINION


               Appellant Carolyn Barnes filed her notice of appeal on November 5, 2015. On

August 11, 2016, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that her brief was again overdue and that

her appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution if she failed to file a brief in compliance

with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure by August 22, 2016. Appellant failed to file a brief.

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b), (c).




       1
         Kirk Cole was the Interim Commissioner of the Texas Department of State Health Services
when this appeal was filed. His successor, Dr. John Hellerstedt, has been automatically substituted.
See Tex. R. App. P. 7.2(a).
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                                          Jeff Rose, Chief Justice

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Goodwin and Bourland

Dismissed for Want of Prosecution

Filed: August 26, 2016
