TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-08-00195-CV
Nicole E. Anderson, Appellant
v.
Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF BELL COUNTY, 146TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. 173,042C, HONORABLE RICK MORRIS, JUDGE PRESIDING
M E M O R A N D U M O P I N I O N
Appellant Nicole E. Anderson's notice of appeal was filed in this Court on March 31, 2008, and we sent notice that appellant's filing fee and docketing statement were due. On August 5, 2008, we sent appellant a second notice that the filing fee was due. On October 15, 2008, after a number of communications related to whether appellant had requested or paid for the reporter's record, this Court sent appellant notice that because she had not paid for or made arrangements to pay for the reporter's record, we would consider the appeal without the reporter's record and that appellant's brief was due on November 14, 2008. On December 11, 2008, this Court sent appellant notice that her brief was overdue, requesting a response by December 22. On December 30, 2008, appellant filed a pro se motion for extension of time, asking for additional time to pay for the filing of the reporter's record and to file her brief. We granted the motion, making the reporter's record due on April 15, 2009, but our notice to appellant was returned as undeliverable as addressed. After making several attempts to determine whether appellant had moved, including calling the phone number appellant provided only to be told that we had a wrong number, the Clerk's Office, using the same phone number, finally spoke to appellant in May 2009. Appellant confirmed her mailing address, but when we re-sent the notice, it was again returned as undeliverable. On June 3, 2009, upon receiving our second notice returned as undeliverable, the Clerk's Office attempted to call appellant, but her phone number is no longer in service. On July 9, 2009, we sent appellant one more notice that the record and brief were overdue, requesting a response no later than July 20 to avoid dismissal. That notice was also returned as undeliverable.
The reporter's record has not yet been filed, and appellant has not contacted this Court since our May 2009 call, has not filed her brief or paid her filing fee, and has not provided updated contact information. Neither the court reporter nor the Bell County Attorney's Office has alternative contact information for appellant. Because appellant has not provided this Court with a means to reach her, filed her brief, or contacted this Court since May 2009, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).
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David Puryear, Justice
Before Justices Patterson, Puryear and Pemberton
Dismissed for Want of Prosecution
Filed: August 12, 2009