Tracy Wilburn; Jaylen Wilburn, Laven Wilburn, Almira Jo Mathis; Mikelle Freeman; Marcellus Freeman; Milan Freeman; Myles Freeman and Artistede Rivers v. Centin Ct Texas LLC; Abhinav Gupt
Opinion
Opinion issued August 14, 2025
In The
Court of Appeals For The
First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-24-00892-CV ——————————— TRACY WILBURN, JAYLEN WILBURN, LAVEN WILBURN, ALMIRA JO MATHIS, MIKELLE FREEMAN, MARCELLUS FREEMAN, MILAN MYLES, AND ARTISTEDE RIVERS, Appellants V. CETIN CT TEXAS LLC AND ABHINAV GUPT, Appellees
On Appeal from the 400th District Court Fort Bend County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 19-DCV-263243
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellants, Tracy Wilburn, Jaylen Wilburn, Laven Wilburn, Almira Jo
Mathis, Mikelle Freeman, Marcellus Freeman, Milan Myles, and Artistede Rivers,
filed a notice of appeal from an order signed by the trial court on October 10, 2024. Appellants have failed to timely file a brief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(a) (governing
time to file brief).
The clerk’s record was filed on December 3, 2024, and on January 3, 2025,
the official court reporter for the 400th District Court of Fort Bend County, Texas
notified the Court that no record was taken in the underlying cause. Accordingly,
appellants’ brief was originally due on February 3, 2025. See TEX. R. APP. P.
38.6(a). Appellants requested an extension to file their brief, which was granted by
the Court, extending the deadline for filing their brief to April 3, 2025. Appellants
failed to timely file a brief.
On April 18, 2025, the Clerk of this Court notified appellants that the time for
filing a brief had expired and the appeal was subject to dismissal unless a brief, or a
motion to extend time to file a brief, was filed within ten days of the notice. See
TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a) (governing failure of appellant to file brief), 42.3(b)
(allowing involuntary dismissal of appeal for want of prosecution), 42.3(c) (allowing
involuntary dismissal of case for failure to comply with notice from Clerk of Court).
Despite notice that this appeal was subject to dismissal, appellants did not adequately
respond.
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP.
P. 42.3(b), (c); 43.2(f). All pending motions are dismissed as moot.
2 PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Gunn, and Dokupil.
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