Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed March 19, 2009.

In The

Fourteenth Court of Appeals

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NO. 14-08-00901-CV

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GERALD LEE RICKS, Appellant

V.

ELETHA L. RICKS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 306th District Court

Galveston County, Texas

Trial Court Cause No. 07FD1547

M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

This is an appeal from a judgment signed September 9, 2008.  The reporter=s record in this appeal was filed December 10, 2008, and the clerk=s record was filed December 17, 2008.  Appellant=s brief was due January 16, 2009, but it was not filed, and no request for an extension of time was filed.

On February 5, 2009, 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 March 6, 2009, 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

Panel consists of Chief Justice Hedges and Justices Anderson and Seymore.