Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed August 28, 2003.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-03-00144-CV

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LEE WAYNE LAWRENCE, Appellant

V.

MELINDA BRENTS, SR. ASSISTANT COUNTY ATTORNEY, Appellee

On Appeal from Probate Court No.  4

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No.  103,218

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

On July 3, 2003, this Court issued an order stating that unless appellant submitted his brief, together with a motion reasonably explaining why the brief was late, on or before August 4, 2003, the Court would dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).  Appellant filed neither a response nor brief.

Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Opinion filed August 28, 2003.

Panel consists of Justices Edelman, Frost, and Guzman.