In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont _________________ NO. 09-13-00256-CV _________________ SAEED ALLY, Appellant V. MEDICAL CENTER OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS LP, Appellee ________________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 136th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. A-189,012 ________________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Saeed Ally filed a notice of appeal but failed to file a brief. On November 7, 2013, we notified the parties that the brief had not been filed and warned the appellant that his failure to file a brief could result in a dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution. On December 13, 2013, we notified the parties that the appeal would be submitted to the Court without oral argument. See Tex. R. App. P. 39.8.

In the absence of a brief assigning error for appellate review, we dismiss the appeal

for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1); see also Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

________________________________ STEVE McKEITHEN Chief Justice

Submitted on January 3, 2014 Opinion Delivered January 16, 2014 Before McKeithen, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.