NUMBER 13-12-00724-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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GILBERT SALINAS, APPELLANT,
v.
BRANDI SALINAS, APPELLEE.
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On appeal from the 117th District Court
of Nueces County, Texas.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Longoria
Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam
Appellant, Gilbert Salinas, filed an appeal from a judgment entered by the 117th
District Court of Nueces County, in cause number 2011-FAM-3109-B. On November 30,
2012, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that he was delinquent in remitting a
$175.00 filing fee.
On December 4, 2012, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that the clerk's
record in the above cause was originally due on March 21, 2012, and that the deputy
district clerk, Tiffany Garza, had notified this Court that appellant failed to make
arrangements for payment of the clerk's record. The Clerk of this Court notified
appellant of this defect so that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be
done. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3, 42.3(b),(c). Appellant was advised that, if the defect
was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of this notice, the appeal would
be dismissed for want of prosecution. The notice was sent to appellant’s address by
certified mail return receipt requested; however, the certified mail was returned as
unclaimed and unable to forward. Subsequently, the Clerk of the Court sent the notice to
appellant by regular mail on January 23, 2013.
On January 23, 2013, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that he was
delinquent in remitting a $175.00 filing fee. The Clerk of this Court notified appellant that
the appeal was subject to dismissal if the filing fee was not paid within ten days from the
date of receipt of this letter. See id. 42.3(b),(c).
Appellant has failed to respond to this Court’s notices and has failed to pay the
filing fee. Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION.
See id.
PER CURIAM
Delivered and filed the
7th day of March, 2013.
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