NUMBER 13-02-466-CV

                             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 16^th day of January, 2003.