Yolanda Zavala v. Miguel Zavala Mejia

Opinion

COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS

YOLANDA ZAVALA, § No. 08-23-00009-CV

Appellant, § Appeal from the

v. § 388th Judicial District Court

MIGUEL ZAVALA MEJIA, § of El Paso County, Texas

Appellee. § (TC# 2018DCV4780)

ORDER

This appeal is before the Court on its own motion to determine whether it should be

dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3.

On February 13, 2023, the Clerk of this Court sent Appellant a letter requesting payment

of the required filing fee. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (requiring payment of fees in civil cases unless a

party is excused by statute or by appellate rules from paying costs). The letter notified Appellant

that their appeal would be subject to dismissal on or after twenty days of the date of the notice if

Appellant failed to pay or failed to show they were excused from paying the required fee. See

Tex. R. App. P. 42.3 (c) (authorizing an appellate court to dismiss an appeal where an appellant

fails to comply with a notice from the clerk requiring a response or other action within a specified

time). As of this date, which is more than twenty days after the date of the notice, Appellant has

not paid the filing fee or otherwise shown they are excused from paying the required fee.

Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 43.3(c).

LISA J. SOTO, Justice

March 14, 2023

Before Rodriguez, C.J., Palafox, and Soto, J.J.