Dismiss and Opinion Filed May 14, 2014

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-12-01025-CV JEWELL THOMAS, Appellant V. TOSCANA PALMS, Appellee On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5 Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. CC-12-04190E

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Moseley, O’Neill, and FitzGerald Opinion by Justice FitzGerald Appellant filed a deficient brief. The Clerk notified appellant by letter of the defects in his brief and directed him to file an amended brief in compliance with the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure within ten days. She further warned him that failure to comply would result in dismissal of his appeal. Appellant’s deadline to file an amended brief has expired, and he has not filed an amended brief or otherwise communicated with this Court.

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal on our own motion. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b), (c).

121025F.P05 /Kerry P. FitzGerald/ KERRY P. FITZGERALD JUSTICE S Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT JEWELL THOMAS, Appellant On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5, Dallas County, Texas No. 05-12-01025-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. CC-12-04190E.

Opinion delivered by Justice FitzGerald.

TOSCANA PALMS, Appellee Justices Moseley and O’Neill participating.

In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS this appeal.

It is ORDERED that appellee TOSCANA PALMS recover her costs of this appeal from appellant JEWELL THOMAS.

Judgment entered May 14, 2014

/Kerry P. FitzGerald/ KERRY P. FITZGERALD JUSTICE

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