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<STRONG><CENTER>NO. 03-9<A NAME="1">7</A>-00<A NAME="2">557</A>-CV</CENTER>
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<STRONG></STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="3">Donna Karvonen</A>, Appellant</CENTER>


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<P><STRONG><CENTER><A NAME="4">Samuel Bennett, M.D.</A>, Appellee</CENTER>
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<SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF <A NAME="5">BELL</A> COUNTY, <A NAME="6">146TH</A> JUDICIAL DISTRICT</CENTER>
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<P><SPAN STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><STRONG><CENTER>NO. <A NAME="7">155,386-B</A>, HONORABLE <A NAME="8">RICK MORRIS</A>, JUDGE PRESIDING </STRONG></SPAN><STRONG></CENTER>
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<STRONG>PER CURIAM</STRONG>

<P>	Appellant Donna Karvonen initiated an appeal from the trial court's judgment in
favor of appellee Samuel Bennett, M.D.  No appellate record has been filed.  We are advised by
the district clerk that Karvonen has failed to pay the fee for preparing the clerk's record.  <EM>See</EM> Tex.
R. App. P. 35.3(a)(2).  Karvonen did not respond to this Court's letter inquiring into the status
of the appellate record and informing her of the consequences of failing to file a record.</P>

<P>	We conclude that Karvonen is responsible for the failure to file the record and that
she has been given a reasonable opportunity to cure.  <EM>See id.</EM> 37.3(b).  We therefore dismiss the
appeal for want of prosecution.  <EM>Id.</EM> 37.3(b), 42.3(b).  We dismiss Bennett's motion to dismiss for
want of jurisdiction.</P>

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<P>Before Justices Powers, Kidd and B. A. Smith</P>

<P>Dismissed for Want of Prosecution</P>

<P>Filed:   February 20, 1998</P>

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