Mae Fields and Thomas Betts v. Corrections Corporation of American and Warden Orlando Perez

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 13, 2012
• Docket: 13-12-00569-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-12-00569-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________

MAE FIELDS AND THOMAS BETTS, ET AL, Appellants,

v.

CORRECTIONS CORPORATION OF AMERICAN AND WARDEN ORLANDO PEREZ, Appellees. ____________________________________________________________

On appeal from the 197th District Court of Willacy County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Garza, Benavides, and Perkes Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellants, Mae Fields and Thomas Betts, et al., perfected an appeal from a

judgment rendered against them in favor of appellees, Corrections Corporation of

American and Warden Orlando Perez. On November 5, 2012, the Clerk of this Court

notified appellants that the clerk's record in the above cause was originally due on October 17, 2012, and that the district clerk, Gilbert Lozano, had notified this Court that

appellants failed to make arrangements for payment of the clerk's record. The Clerk of

this Court notified appellants of this defect so that steps could be taken to correct the

defect, if it could be done. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3, 42.3(b),(c). Appellants were

advised that, if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of this

notice, the appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution.

Appellants have failed to respond to this Court’s notice. Accordingly, the appeal

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

PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the 13th day of December, 2012.