Juan J. Maldonado D/B/A Maldonado Bail Bonds v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 21, 2009
• Docket: 13-09-00015-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-09-00015-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ______________________________________________________________

JUAN J. MALDONADO D/B/A MALDONADO BAIL BONDS, Appellant,

v.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee. ____________________________________________________________

On Appeal from the 332nd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas. ______________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Vela Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

The appellant's brief in the above cause was due on February 6, 2009. On

February 23, 2009, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that the brief had not been

timely filed and that the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution under

Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.8(a)(1), unless within ten days from the date of receipt of this letter, appellant reasonably explained the failure and the appellee was not

significantly injured by the appellant's failure to timely file a brief. To date, no response has

been received from appellant.

Appellant has failed to either reasonably explain his failure to file a brief, file a

motion for extension of time to file his brief, or file his brief. Accordingly, the appeal is

DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION. See TEX . R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b).

PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed this the 21st day of May, 2009.