TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-02-00677-CV

Omar Sosa, Appellant

v.

Jose Luis Castaneda, Appellee

FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF TRAVIS COUNTY

NO. 259,554, HONORABLE ORLINDA NARANJO, JUDGE PRESIDING

Because appellant Omar Sosa has neither paid nor made arrangements to pay for the clerk's record, we will dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b), (c).

The Clerk of this Court filed appellant's notice of appeal on October 25, 2002. On November 22, 2002, the Clerk of this Court received notice from the county clerk's office of Travis County that appellant had neither paid for nor made arrangements to pay for the clerk's record.

By letter dated November 25, 2002, appellant was requested to submit a status report regarding this appeal by December 6, 2002, and was informed that failure to respond to this request would result in the appeal being dismissed for want of prosecution. To date, appellant has failed to respond to this request.

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See id. 42.3(b), (c).

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Jan P. Patterson, Justice

Before Justices Kidd, Yeakel and Patterson

Dismissed for Want of Prosecution

Filed: January 30, 2003