Pleasanton Housing Finance Corporation, a Texas Nonprofit Corporation and Ismael Gallegos, Joey MacOn, Mark Pinkston, Zachary Pawelek, Scott Ferguson, Lilian Cashmer, and Brandon Hicks, in Their Official Capacities as Board Members of Pleasanton Housing Finance Corporation v. City of Lake Worth, Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)
• Decided: January 15, 2026
• Docket: 02-25-00474-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth No. 02-25-00474-CV

PLEASANTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND ISMAEL GALLEGOS, JOEY MACON, MARK PINKSTON, ZACHARY PAWELEK, SCOTT FERGUSON, LILIAN CASHMER, AND BRANDON HICKS, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS BOARD MEMBERS OF PLEASANTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, Appellants

V.

CITY OF LAKE WORTH, TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 348th District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 348-364430-25

AND

No. 02-25-00475-CV

PECOS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION; PLEASANTON HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION; LA VILLA HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION; AND MAVERICK COUNTY HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION, Appellants V.

CITY OF ARLINGTON AND CITY OF FORT WORTH, Appellees

On Appeal from the 348th District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 348-363561-25

No. 02-25-00476-CV

PECOS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, A TEXAS NONPROFIT CORPORATION AND CARA TURN, MARIBEL ALVAREZ, AND IRENE DOMINGUEZ, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS BOARD MEMBERS OF PECOS HOUSING FINANCE CORPORATION, Appellants

CITY OF HALTOM CITY, TEXAS, Appellee

On Appeal from the 348th District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 348-364135-25

Before Wallach, J.; Sudderth, C.J.; and Walker, J. Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion

2 MEMORANDUM OPINION

On Appellants’ unopposed motion, we consolidated appellate cause numbers

02-25-00474-CV, 02-25-00475-CV, and 02-25-00476-CV. On our own motion, we

hereby vacate the part of our September 17, 2025 order that consolidated cause

number 02-25-00474-CV with the other two cause numbers. Cause numbers

02-25-00475-CV and 02-25-00476-CV remain consolidated.

Appellants’ briefs were due on October 6, 2025. In cause number

02-25-00474-CV, no brief was filed by the appellants in that cause: Pleasanton

Housing Finance Corporation, a Texas Nonprofit Corporation, and Ismael Gallegos,

Joey Macon, Mark Pinkston, Zachary Pawelek, Scott Ferguson, Lilian Cashmer, and

Brandon Hicks, in their official capacities as board members of Pleasanton Housing

Finance Corporation. Similarly, in cause number 02-25-00475-CV, although we

received a brief from Appellant Pecos Housing Finance Corporation, a Texas

Nonprofit Corporation, no brief was filed by the three other appellants in that cause:

Pleasanton Housing Finance Corporation, a Texas Nonprofit Corporation; La Villa

Housing Finance Corporation, a Texas Nonprofit Corporation; and Maverick County

Housing Finance Corporation, a Texas Nonprofit Corporation.

On December 5, 2025, we notified all Appellants in cause number

02-25-00474-CV and Appellants Pleasanton, La Villa, and Maverick in cause number

02-25-00475-CV that their briefs had not been filed as the appellate rules require. See

Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). We stated that we could dismiss their appeals for want of

3 prosecution unless, within ten days, those Appellants filed with the court an

appellants’ brief and an accompanying motion reasonably explaining the brief’s

untimely filing and why an extension was needed. See Tex. R. App. P. 10.5(b),

38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b). We have received no response.

Because Appellants in cause number 02-25-00474-CV and Appellants

Pleasanton, La Villa, and Maverick in cause number 02-25-00475-CV have failed to

file a brief even after we afforded an opportunity to explain the initial failure, we

dismiss their appeals for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b),

43.2(f). In cause number 02-25-00475-CV, the style of the case shall hereinafter be

Pecos Housing Finance Corporation, a Texas Nonprofit Corporation v. City of Arlington and City

of Fort Worth.

Per Curiam

Delivered: January 15, 2026