Sonya M. Munguia v. Lada Sierra

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: November 2, 2023
• Docket: 13-23-00399-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-23-00399-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

SONYA M. MUNGUIA, Appellant,

v.

LADA SIERRA, Appellee.

On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2 of Hidalgo County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Before Justices Benavides, Longoria, and Tijerina Memorandum Opinion by Justice Longoria

Appellant, Sonya M. Munguia, appealed a judgment entered by the County Court

at Law No. 2 of Hidalgo County, Texas. On September 6, 2023, appellant was notified of

several defects in her notice of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.1, 9.5(e), 25.1(d)(2),

25.1(d)(4), 25.1(e). A request was also made for a payment of the $205.00 filing fee. See

id. R. 42.3(c). On October 2, 2023, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant, in accordance with

Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.3(c), that we would dismiss this appeal unless the

$205.00 filing fee was paid. See id. Appellant did not respond to the notice from the Clerk

or pay the $205.00 filing fee. See id. R. 5, 12.1(b). On October 10, 2023, appellant filed

an amended notice of appeal which was, again, not in compliance with the Texas Rules

of Appellate Procedure. See id. R. 9.1(b), 9.5, 25.1(d)(2), 25.1(d)(4). Appellant was

notified of these defects on October 11, 2023, and given fifteen days to correct the

defects.

Appellant has not paid the $205.00 filing fee, nor corrected the defects in her notice

of appeal. The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant’s failure to

pay the filing fee, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed. See id. R.

42.3(b),(c). Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution.

NORA L. LONGORIA Justice

Delivered and filed on the 2nd day of November, 2023.