NUMBER 13-22-00105-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

FIDEL ARGUELLES JR., Appellant, v. HOLLYWOOD DEVELOPMENT, Appellee.

On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 6 of Hidalgo County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Longoria, Hinojosa, and Silva Memorandum Opinion by Justice Silva This cause is before the Court on its own motion. On August 1, 2022, the Clerk of the Court advised appellant Fidel Arguelles Jr. that his brief was due by August 31, 2022.

On September 9, 2022, and again on September 26, 2022, the Clerk notified the appellant that the brief had not been timely filed and that the appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution unless appellant reasonably explained the failure to timely file a brief and the appellee would not be significantly injured by a late filing. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b), (c). Each of the Clerk’s notices required appellant to provide a response within ten days. However, appellant has not responded to either notice or filed the brief in this matter. Accordingly, on its own motion, the Court dismisses the appeal for want of prosecution and because appellant failed to comply with the requirements of the appellate rules and directives from the Clerk. See id. R. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b), (c).

CLARISSA SILVA Justice Delivered and filed on the 27th day of October, 2022.