NUMBER 13-98-00374-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ______________________________________________________________ PEDRO MONTANO, M.D., Appellant, v. DOLORES POGUE, Appellee. _____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 139th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas. ______________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Yañez, Rodriguez, and Benavides Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam This appeal was abated by this Court on December 3, 1998, due to the bankruptcy of one of the parties to this appeal. See 11 U.S.C. § 362; see generally TEX . R. APP. P. 8. Since the abatement there has been no activity in this appeal. On April 16, 2009, the Court ordered the parties to file an advisory regarding the status of the appeal and, if applicable, a motion to reinstate the appeal or a motion to dismiss the appeal. The order notified the parties that failure to respond to the order would result in reinstatement and dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution.

The parties have failed to respond. Accordingly, we reinstate and dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX . R. APP. P. 42.3(b).

PER CURIAM Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed this the 14th day of May, 2009.