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                                Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-17-00457-CV
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                  IN THE INTEREST OF J.D.G. AND J.D.G.

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                    On Appeal from the 279th District Court
                           Jefferson County, Texas
                         Trial Cause No. F-214,737-B
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Kenneth Lee Griffin, Appellant, filed a notice of appeal with the trial court on

November 27, 2017. Despite written notices from this Court and an opportunity to

cure, to date, Appellant has neither established indigence nor paid the filing fee for

the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 20.1. We notified the parties that the appeal would

be dismissed unless the filing fee was paid. Appellant did not respond to the Court’s

notices.

      Appellant did not file a statement of inability to pay costs and has not shown

that he is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1.

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Furthermore, Appellant failed to comply with a notice from the Clerk of the Court

requiring a response within a specified time. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). There

being no satisfactory explanation for the failure to pay the filing fee for the appeal,

we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b), 42.3.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.



                                              ________________________________
                                                      CHARLES KREGER
                                                           Justice

Submitted on March 28, 2018
Opinion Delivered March 29, 2018

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.




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