Savannah Wise v. Carla Walsh

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 6, 2025
• Docket: 02-24-00391-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-24-00391-CV ___________________________

SAVANNAH WISE, Appellant

V.

CARLA WALSH, Appellee

On Appeal from County Court at Law No. 2 Wise County, Texas Trial Court No. CV-9392

Before Womack, Wallach, and Walker, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Justice Womack MEMORANDUM OPINION

On December 23, 2024, we received from pro se Appellant Savannah Wise1 a

document that we construed as an appellant’s brief. On January 3, 2025, we notified

Wise that her brief did not conform with either Texas Rules of Appellate

Procedure 9.4(i) and 38.1(a)–(k) or Second Court of Appeals Local Rule 1.A. See Tex.

R. App. P. 9.4(i), 38.1(a)–(k); 2d Tex. App. (Fort Worth) Loc. R. 1.A. We directed

Wise to file an amended brief complying with those rules no later than January 13,

2025. We warned her that if she did not do so, we could strike her noncompliant

brief and dismiss her appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a), 38.9(a), 42.3. We have

received no response.2

Because Wise has failed to file a rule-compliant amended brief after we

afforded her an opportunity to do so, we strike her brief and dismiss this appeal for

want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1), 38.9(a), 42.3(b), 43.2(f); Cheatham

v. Alisetty Invs. LLC, No. 02-23-00405-CV, 2024 WL 3896831, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort

Worth Aug. 22, 2024, no pet.) (mem. op.).

Appellant’s name is listed in the record at various times as “Savannah Wise,” 1

“Savanna Wise,” and “Savanah Wise.” We will simply refer to her as “Wise.” 2 In earlier correspondence with Wise, we notified her that her notice of appeal was defective, and we directed her to file an amended notice of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(d), 25.1(e), 25.1(g), 37.1. She did not do so.

2 /s/ Dana Womack

Dana Womack Justice

Delivered: February 6, 2025