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                             COURT OF APPEALS
 
                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
 
                                CORPUS CHRISTI
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THOMAS
JEFFERSON BRYANT,                                             Appellant,
 
                                                   v.
 
PATRYCIA
ANN BRYANT,                                                       Appellee.
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                        On appeal from the 197th District Court
                                 of Cameron County, Texas.
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
 
                 Before Justices
Rodriguez, Castillo, and Kennedy[1]
                                       Opinion Per Curiam
 




Appellant, THOMAS
JEFFERSON BRYANT, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the   197th District Court of Cameron County, Texas, in cause number 97-12-7447-C.  The clerk=s record was filed on October 30, 2002.  The reporter=s record was filed on October 18,
2002.   Appellant=s brief was due on December 2, 2002. To date, no appellate brief has been received.
When the appellant has
failed to file a brief in the time prescribed, the Court may dismiss the appeal
for want of prosecution, unless the appellant reasonably explains the failure
and the appellee is not significantly injured by the appellant=s failure to timely
file a brief.  Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1).
On December 13, 2002,
notice was given to all parties that this appeal was subject to dismissal
pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1).  Appellant was
given ten days to explain why the cause should not be dismissed for failure to
file a brief.  To date, no response has
been received.
The Court, having
examined and fully considered the documents on file, appellant=s failure to file a
proper appellate brief, this Court=s notice, and
appellant=s failure to respond,
is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of
prosecution.  The appeal is hereby
DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION.
PER CURIAM
 
Opinion delivered and filed
this the 16th
day of January, 2003.
 
 
 




[1]Retired
Justice Noah Kennedy assigned to this Court by the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of Texas pursuant to Tex. Gov=t Code
Ann. ' 74.003 (Vernon 1998).


