In the Interest of C.L. v. the State of Texas

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 28, 2025
• Docket: 09-25-00021-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-25-00021-CV __________________

IN THE INTEREST OF C.L.

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On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 3 Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 23-08-11588-CV __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

In Trial Cause Number 23-08-11588-CV, Brandon Riley filed a notice of

restricted appeal from a final order in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship.

But after perfecting his appeal Riley failed to file a brief.

On July 10, 2025, the Clerk of the Ninth Court of Appeals notified the parties

that Riley had not filed a brief and advised the parties that his appeal would be

submitted without briefs unless by July 21, 2025, Riley filed a brief and a motion to

extend the deadline in which he had to file his brief. We warned Riley that if the

Court submitted his appeal without briefs that the Court could dismiss his appeal for

want of prosecution.

1 On August 4, 2025, the Clerk notified the parties that on August 25, 2025, the

appeal would be submitted to the Court without briefs and without oral argument.

See Tex. R. App. P. 39.8. Because Riley has not filed a brief in his appeal assigning

any error to any of the trial court’s rulings, we dismiss Riley’s appeal for want of

prosecution. See id. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b), 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on August 25, 2025 Opinion Delivered August 28, 2025

Before Golemon, C.J., Wright and Chambers, JJ.