William Woods and Carol Bass v. Nabil Matar and Wadad Matar

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 12, 2024
• Docket: 09-24-00320-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-24-00320-CV __________________

WILLIAM WOODS AND CAROL BASS, Appellants

V.

NABIL MATAR AND WADAD MATAR, Appellees

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On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 24CCCV0589 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellants, William Woods and Carol Bass, filed a notice of appeal on

September 19, 2024, from a judgment for possession signed on September 17, 2024.

Despite written notice from this Court and an opportunity to cure, Appellants have

neither established indigence nor paid the filing fee for the appeal. See Tex. R. App.

P. 5, 20.1. We notified the parties that the appeal would be dismissed unless the

filing fee was paid. Appellants did not respond to the Court’s notice.

1 Appellants did not file a statement of inability to pay costs in this matter and

have not shown that they are entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See id.

20.1. Furthermore, Appellants failed to comply with a notice from the Clerk of the

Court requiring a response within a specified time. See id. 42.3(c). We dismiss the

appeal for want of prosecution. See id. 42.3(b), 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on December 11, 2024 Opinion Delivered December 12, 2024

Before Golemon, C.J., Johnson and Chambers, JJ.