                             NUMBER 13-19-00350-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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LAZARO QUINTANILLA,                                                          Appellant,

                                            v.

CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,                             Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 117th District Court
                   of Nueces County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
  Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Hinojosa and Tijerina
             Memorandum Opinion by Justice Hinojosa

      The appellant's brief in the above cause was due on October 21, 2019. On

October 28, 2019, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that the brief had not been

timely filed and that the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution under

Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.8(a)(1), unless within ten days from the date of

receipt of this letter, appellant reasonably explained the failure and the appellee was not
significantly injured by the appellant's failure to timely file a brief. To date, no response

has been received from appellant. Appellee has filed a motion to dismiss for want of

prosecution.

       Appellant has failed to either reasonably explain his failure to file a brief, file a

motion for extension of time to file his brief, or file his brief. Accordingly, appellee’s

motion is GRANTED and the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b).



                                                                LETICIA HINOJOSA
                                                                Justice


Delivered and filed the
26th day of November, 2019.




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