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NUMBER 13-02-401-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI
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HECTOR VIRGILIO ZAMORA AND
IRMA CANTU DE ZAMORA, Appellants,
v.
VALLEY UROLOGICAL CLINIC, R. G. DEL
VILLAR, M.D. AND MISSION HOSPITAL, INC., Appellees.
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On appeal from the 93rd District Court
of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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O P I N I O N
Before Justices Dorsey, Rodriguez, and Castillo
Opinion Per Curiam
Appellants, HECTOR VIRGILIO ZAMORA AND IRMA CANTU DE ZAMORA, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 93rd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, in cause number C-891-00-B. The clerk=s record was filed on July 15, 2002. No reporter=s record was filed. Appellants= brief was due on August 14, 2002. To date, no appellate brief has been received
When the appellant has failed to file a brief in the time prescribed, the Court may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution, unless the appellant reasonably explains the failure and the appellee is not significantly injured by the appellant=s failure to timely file a brief. Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1).
On October 8, 2002, notice was given to all parties that this appeal was subject to dismissal pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1). Appellants were given ten days to explain why the cause should not be dismissed for failure to file a brief. To date, no response has been received.
The Court, having examined and fully considered the documents on file, appellants= failure to file a proper appellate brief, this Court=s notice, and appellants= failure to respond, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of prosecution. The appeal is hereby DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION.
PER CURIAM
Do not publish.
Tex. R. App. P. 47.3.
Opinion delivered and filed
this the 27th day of November, 2002