                            NUMBER 13-17-00572-CV

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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ROBERT MICHELENA,                                                          Appellant,

                                          v.

MONICA MICHELENA,                                   Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 357th District Court
                  of Cameron County, Texas.
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
  Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Contreras and Benavides
           Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Valdez

      Appellant Robert Michelena attempted to perfect an appeal from an order entered

on September 15, 2017 by the judge of the 357th District Court of Cameron County,

Texas, in cause no. 2012-DCL-0482. Upon review of the documents before the Court,

it appeared that the order from which this appeal was taken was not a final, appealable

order. On October 13, 2017, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant of this defect so
that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be done. See TEX. R. APP. P.

37.1, 42.3.     Appellant was advised that the appeal would be dismissed for want of

jurisdiction if he failed to correct the defect or show grounds for continuing the appeal

within ten days from the date of this notice. Appellant has not responded to the Court’s

notice.

          The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant's failure to

correct the defect in this matter, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for

want of jurisdiction. See id. Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF

JURISDICTION. See id. R. 42.3(a),(c).



                                                        /s/ Rogelio Valdez
                                                        ROGELIO VALDEZ
                                                        Chief Justice

Delivered and filed the
14th day of December, 2017.




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