NUMBER 13-06-206-CV

                         COURT OF APPEALS

               THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                  CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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REY ESQUIVEL D/B/A ESQUIVEL BAIL BONDS,              Appellant,

                                           v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS,                                              Appellee.

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                On appeal from County Court at Law No. 2

                           of Cameron County, Texas

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                     MEMORANDUM OPINION

              Before Justices Rodriguez, Castillo, and Garza

                       Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, REY ESQUIVEL D/B/A ESQUIVEL BAIL BONDS, attempted to perfect an appeal from a judgment entered by the County Court at Law No. 2 of Cameron County, Texas, in cause number 2004-CCL-1430-B.  Judgment in this cause was signed on April 27, 2005.  A timely motion for new trial was filed on May 20, 2005.  Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 26.1, appellant=s notice of appeal was due on July 26, 2005, but was not filed until March 27, 2006. 

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.  To date, no response has been received from appellant.

The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file, appellant=s failure to timely perfect his appeal, and appellant=s failure to respond 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

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed this

the 8^th day of June, 2006.