Unico Commodities LLC and Riccardo Valentini v. Global Companies, LLC

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: December 31, 2025
• Docket: 01-25-00591-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued December 31, 2025

In The Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-25-00591-CV ——————————— UNICO COMMODITIES LLC AND RICCARDO VALENTINI, Appellants V. GLOBAL COMPANIES, LLC, Appellee

On Appeal from the 234th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 2023-33539

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellants Unico Commodities LLC and Riccardo Valentini filed their notice

of appeal on July 31, 2025. Appellants did not pay their appellate filing fee or

establish indigence for purposes of appellate costs. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 20.1; see

also TEX. GOV’T CODE §§ 51.207, 51.208, 51.851(b), 51.941(a); Order, Fees Charged in the Supreme Court, in Civil Cases in the Courts of Appeals, and Before

the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation, and in the Business Court, Misc.

Docket No. 24-9047 (Tex. July 26, 2024), reprinted in TEX. R. APP. P. app. A § B(1)

(listing fees in courts of appeals). The Clerk of this Court notified appellants that

unless they paid the appellate filing fee by September 29, 2025, their appeal could

be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b). To date, appellants have not responded

to the Clerk’s notice, nor paid the appellate filing fee or established indigence for

purposes of appellate costs.

Also, appellants failed to file a brief. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.6(a), 38.8(a). On

December 11, 2025, the Clerk of this Court notified appellants that their appellate

brief was past due, and their appeal was subject to dismissal. See TEX. R. APP. P.

38.8(a), 42.3(b), 43.2(f). We directed appellants to file their brief and a motion

requesting an extension to file the brief within 10 days of our notice. Appellants did

not respond. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b), (c).

We dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a),

42.3(b)–(c), 43.2(f). Any pending motions are dismissed as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Rivas-Molloy, Guiney, and Morgan.