Stanley Shook// Terry Walden and Joy Walden v. Terry Walden and Joy Walden// Stanley Shook, Patrick Jaehne and S&J Endeavors, L.L.C.

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 18, 2011
• Docket: 03-09-00576-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

---

NO. 03-09-00576-CV

Appellants, Stanley Shook and Patrick Jaehne// Cross-Appellants,

Terry Walden and Joy Walden

v.

Appellees, Terry Walden and Joy Walden// Cross-Appellees,

Stanley Shook, Patrick Jaehne, and S&J Endeavors, L.L.C.

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BASTROP COUNTY, 335TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT

NO. 26,747, HONORABLE H. R. TOWSLEE, JUDGE PRESIDING

A M E N D E D O R D E R

PER CURIAM

Our order dated February 18, 2011, is withdrawn and the following is substituted in its place.

This cause arises from a district court judgment awarding Terry and Joy Walden damages and attorney's fees from Stanley Shook, Patrick Jaehne, and S&J Endeavors, L.L.C., imposed jointly and severally. Shook and Jaehne each filed a notice of appeal from the judgment against him, and the Waldens also filed a notice of appeal with respect to certain district court rulings that were favorable to Shook, Jaehne, and S&J. On December 30, 2010, the Waldens filed a motion to dismiss Jaehne's appeal for want of prosecution. As the Waldens pointed out in their motion, Jaehne had not paid the filing fee for his appeal, nor responded to a November 3, 2009 notice from our clerk requesting payment. Similarly, Jaehne had not filed his appellant's brief, which had been due in September 2010, nor responded to a December 10, 2010 notice concerning his late brief. We requested that Jaehne file a response to the Waldens' motion. The deadline for Jaehne to file his response has now passed, and he has neither filed a response, nor sought an extension, nor taken action to remedy any of the delinquencies that prompted the Waldens' dismissal motion. Under the circumstances, we grant the Waldens' motion and dismiss Jaehne's appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b), (c).

This dismissal does not affect the status of the other pending appeals in this cause. This cause shall proceed under the following style: Appellant, Stanley Shook// Cross-Appellants, Terry Walden and Joy Walden v. Appellees, Terry Walden and Joy Walden// Cross-Appellees, Stanley Shook, Patrick Jaehne, and S&J Endeavors, L.L.C.

Ordered February 18, 2011.

Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton and Rose