NUMBER 13-08-00378-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ______________________________________________________________ LEONARDO RAMIREZ AND ANITA RAMIREZ, Appellants, v. PATRICIA RODRIGUEZ, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ, JOSE ALBERTO RODRIGUEZ, AND MARIA GUADALUPE RODRIGUEZ, Appellees. ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 332nd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas. ______________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Yañez, Rodriguez, and Benavides Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam The appellants’ brief in the above cause was due on April 3, 2009. On April 17, 2009, the Clerk of the Court notified appellants that the brief had not been timely filed and that the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution under Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.8(a)(1), unless within ten days from the date of receipt of this letter, appellant reasonably explained the failure and the appellee was not significantly injured by the appellant's failure to timely file a brief. To date, no response has been received from appellants.

Appellants have failed to either reasonably explain their failure to file a brief, file a motion for extension of time to file their brief, or file their brief. Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION. See TEX . R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b).

PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed this the 28th day of May, 2009.