In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-17-00264-CV ____________________

IN THE INTEREST OF M.A.O. ________________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 9th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 06-10-10257-CV ________________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION The trial court signed a final judgment on June 20, 2017. Llwellyan L. O’Neal filed a notice of appeal but failed to file a brief. On November 27, 2017, we notified the parties that the brief had not been filed, and we warned the appellant that his failure to file a brief could result in a dismissal of the appeal for want of prosecution.

On December 11, 2017, we notified the parties that the appeal would be submitted to the Court on January 2, 2018, without briefs and 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); Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

________________________________ CHARLES KREGER Justice Submitted on January 2, 2018 Opinion Delivered January 11, 2018 Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.