In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-18-00127-CV ____________________

IN THE INTEREST OF THADDEUS DENZELL WILLIAMS ________________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 317th District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. C-231,595 ________________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Thaddeus Denzell Williams, Appellant, filed a notice of appeal with the trial court on April 4, 2018. Despite written notices from this Court and an opportunity to cure, Appellant has neither established indigence nor paid the filing fee for the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 5, 20.1. We notified the parties that the appeal would be dismissed unless the filing fee was paid. Appellant did not respond to the Court’s notices.

Appellant did not file a statement of inability to pay costs and has not shown that he is entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. App. P. 20.1.

Furthermore, Appellant failed to comply with a notice from the Clerk of the Court requiring a response within a specified time. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). There being no satisfactory explanation for the failure to pay the filing fee for the appeal, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

________________________________ STEVE McKEITHEN Chief Justice

Submitted on June 13, 2018 Opinion Delivered June 14, 2018 Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.