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COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 2-06-268-CV
RONALD KENNEDY APPELLANT
V.
R. WATHEN, DOROTHY THORTON, R. ROWE APPELLEES
AND OTHER UNKNOWN PERSONS WHO
HAVE ACTED INDIVIDUALLY, PERSONALLY
AND JOINTLY UNDER THEIR CAPACITY OF
EMPLOYMENT AND ITS AUTHORITY IN
UNCONSTITUTIONAL AND UNLAWFUL
MANNER TO VIOLATE THE RIGHTS OF
PLAINTIFF
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FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 OF WICHITA COUNTY
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MEMORANDUM OPINION[1]
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Appellant Ronald Kennedy, pro se, attempts to appeal from the trial court=s order dismissing as frivolous his claims against Appellees. The trial court signed the order of dismissal on April 4, 2006, but Appellant did not file his notice of appeal until August 4, 2006, long after the applicable deadline. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1.
On August 7, 2006, we notified Appellant that we would dismiss this appeal unless he or any party desiring to continue the appeal filed a response by August 17, 2006. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a). We have received no response.
The times for filing a notice of appeal are jurisdictional in this court, and absent a timely filed notice of appeal, we must dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(b), 26.1; Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997). Because Appellant=s notice of appeal was not timely filed, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
PER CURIAM
PANEL D: GARDNER, WALKER, and MCCOY, JJ.
DELIVERED: September 14, 2006
[1]See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.