Leo Roger Dugas v. Ryan Edward Reuter

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-25-00121-CV

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LEO ROGER DUGAS, Appellant V.

RYAN EDWARD REUTER, Appellee

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On Appeal from the 253rd District Court Liberty County, Texas

Trial Cause No. 24DC-CV-00535

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MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Leo Roger Dugas filed a Suit to Quiet Title against Ryan Edward Reuter regarding certain real property located in Liberty County, Texas. The trial court denied Dugas’s motion for summary judgment and granted Reuter’s motion for summary judgment, finding that Reuter has superior title and rendering a take- nothing judgment against Dugas. Dugas perfected an appeal. Acting pro se, Dugas

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filed a brief that presented a single issue—“whether the trial court reviewed Appellant’s exhibits incorrectly by failing to rule in his favor”—but cited no legal authorities to support his issue.

On September 25, 2025, we granted Appellee Ryan Edward Reuter’s Motion to Stike Appellant’s Brief. We ordered Dugas to file a compliant amended brief. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.9(a). We warned Appellant that unless he timely filed an amended brief that complies with Rule 38.1, the Court would proceed as if Appellant failed to file a brief and that his appeal could be dismissed for want of prosecution.

We received an amended Appellant’s Brief, but the brief lacks the identity of the Appellee and Appellee’s counsel, a table of contents, an index of authorities, a statement of the case, a statement regarding oral argument, issues presented, a statement of facts, a summary of the argument, an argument, a prayer, and an appendix. See id. 38.1.

On February 18, 2026, the Clerk of the Court notified the parties that the Court had reviewed Appellant’s Amended Brief and determined that the brief fails to comply with Rule 38.1. The Clerk notified the parties that the appeal would be submitted on the clerk’s record alone without oral argument on March 11, 2026. See id. 39.8. Because Dugas has not filed a brief in his appeal addressing error for

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appellate review, we dismiss Dugas’s appeal for want of prosecution. See id. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b), 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on March 11, 2026 Opinion Delivered April 16, 2026

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