NUMBER 13-11-00048-CV

                                 COURT OF APPEALS

                     THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                         CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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MUHAMMAD BASHIR,                                                                 Appellant,

                                                             v.

ZARGHOONA ZAHID,                                                                    Appellee.

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                           On appeal from the 317th District Court

                                     of Jefferson County, Texas.

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                               MEMORANDUM OPINION

         Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Benavides

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, Muhammad Bashir, perfected an appeal from a final decree of divorce.  On February 23, 2011, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that the clerk's record in the above cause was originally due on January 19, 2011, and that the deputy district clerk, Maritza Downs, had notified this Court that appellant failed to make arrangements for payment of the clerk's record.  The Clerk of this Court notified appellant of this defect so that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be done.  See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3, 42.3(b),(c).  Appellant was advised that, if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of this notice, the appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution. 

Appellant has failed to respond to this Court=s notice.  Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b), (c).       

PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the

12th day of May, 2011.