NUMBER 13-02-212-CV

                             COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                CORPUS CHRISTI

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BLANCA YVONNE GLORIA,                                                   Appellant,

                                                   v.

SHAFFIN ALI MOHAMED, M.D., T/D/B/A

ORTHOPEDIC REHABILITATION INSTITUTE,                             Appellee.

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                         On appeal from the 92nd District Court

                                  of Hidalgo County, Texas

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                                   O P I N I O N

                   Before Justices Dorsey, Rodriguez, and Castillo

                                       Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, BLANCA YVONNE GLORIA, attempted to perfect an appeal from a judgment entered by the 92nd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, in cause number C-771-00-A.  Judgment in this cause was signed on November 29, 2001.  A timely motion for new trial was filed on December 27, 2001.  Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 26.1, appellant=s notice of appeal was due on February 27, 2002, but was not filed until April 10, 2002. 

Notice of this defect was given so that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be done.  Appellant was advised that, if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of this Court=s letter, the appeal would be dismissed.  A response was received from appellant on April 22, 2002.

The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file, appellant=s failure to timely perfect her appeal, and appellant=s response to this Court=s notice, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  The appeal is hereby DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION.

PER CURIAM

Do not publish.

Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.

Opinion delivered and filed this

the 23rd day of May, 2002.