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<STRONG><CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">7</A>-00<A NAME="2">476</A>-CV</CENTER>
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<STRONG></STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="3">Eric Wickstrom</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><STRONG><CENTER>v.</CENTER>
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<P><STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="4">Ramon Garcia Martinez and Commercial Metals Austin, Inc.</A>, Appellees</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="5">TRAVIS</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="6">250TH</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="7">94-14322</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="8">JOHN K. DIETZ</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING </STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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<STRONG>PER CURIAM</STRONG>

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<P>	The transcript in this cause was filed August 7, 1997.  No statement of facts has 
been tendered.  By letter of October 6, 1997, the Clerk of this Court informed appellant that his
brief had been due September 8, 1997 and that the clerk's office had received neither a brief nor
a motion for extension of time within which to file a brief.  Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(d).  The letter
informed appellant that the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution unless
appellant showed a reasonable explanation for the failure to file a brief by October 16, 1997. 
Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1).  To date, appellant has not responded.  Accordingly, we dismiss the
appeal for want of prosecution.  Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1); 42.3(b), (c).</P>

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<P>Before Chief Justice Carroll, Justices Jones and Kidd</P>

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<P>Appeal Dismissed for Want of Prosecution</P>

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<P>Filed:   November 6, 1997</P>

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<P>Do Not Publish</P>

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