Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed February 24, 2005.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-04-01036-CV

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DAVID CONLEY, Appellant

V.

VERNESSA CONLEY-SLEDGE, Appellee

On Appeal from the 311th District Court

Harris County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 03-65748

M E M O R A N D U M  O P I N I O N

This is an appeal from an order dismissing the cause for want of prosecution signed August 18, 2004.  The clerk=s record was filed on August 18, 2004.  Appellant=s brief was due thirty days after the record was filed.  See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6.  No brief or motion for extension of time was filed.

On January 27, 2005, 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  February 7, 2005, the court would dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).  Appellant filed no response.

Accordingly, the appeal is ordered dismissed.

PER CURIAM

Judgment rendered and Memorandum Opinion filed February 24, 2005.

Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Fowler and Frost.