In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-14-00215-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF D.C.
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On Appeal from the 359th District Court
Montgomery County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 11-04-03639 CV
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
The appellant filed a notice of appeal but failed to file a brief. We notified
the parties that the brief of the appellant had not been filed and warned the
appellant that his failure to file a brief could result in a dismissal of the appeal for
want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1). We notified the parties that
the appeal would be submitted to the Court without oral argument. See Tex. R.
App. P. 39.8. Appellant did not respond to this Court’s notices.
“A court of appeals may not reverse a trial court’s judgment in the absence
of properly assigned error.” San Jacinto River Auth. v. Duke, 783 S.W.2d 209, 210
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(Tex. 1990). In the absence of a brief assigning error for appellate review, we
dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).
APPEAL DISMISSED.
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LEANNE JOHNSON
Justice
Submitted on October 15, 2014
Opinion Delivered October 16, 2014
Before McKeithen, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.
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