DISMISS; Opinion Filed October 21, 2015.
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-01454-CV
JOHNNY PAUL RIVERS, Appellant
V.
DALLAS COUNTY AND CITY OF DALLAS, TEXAS, Appellees
On Appeal from the 193rd Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. TX-13-50088
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Lang, Evans, and Whitehill
Opinion by Justice Evans
Appellant, representing himself without an attorney, timely filed this appeal from the trial
court’s adverse judgment in an action for unpaid property taxes. Appellant then filed his pro se
brief on February 20, 2015. By letter dated April 28, 2015, the Clerk of the Court notified
appellant that his brief was deficient and did not comply with the briefing requirements of Rule
38.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. Among other things, the letter informed
appellant that the brief: (1) did not contain a concise statement of the case, course of
proceedings, and trial court disposition supported by record references, (2) did not concisely
state all issues or points presented for review, (3) did not contain a concise statement of facts
supported by record references, (4) did not contain appropriate citations to the record or legal
authorities in the argument, (5) did not contain a proper certificate of service, and (6) one or
more identified items were omitted from the appendix. The letter instructed appellant to file an
amended brief correcting all outlined deficiencies within ten days. Appellant was further
instructed that failure to correct the deficiencies would result in the dismissal of his appeal
without further notice. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8 (a)(1), 42.3(b), (c).
To date, appellant has not filed an amended brief. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal.
See id. 42.3(b),(c); 43.2(f); Bolling v. Farmers Branch Indep. Sch. Dist., 315 S.W.3d 893, 895–
96 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2010, no pet.); Newman v. Clark, 113 S.W.3d 622, 623 (Tex. App.—
Dallas 2003, no pet.) (per curiam).
/David W. Evans/
DAVID EVANS
JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
JOHNNY PAUL RIVERS, Appellant On Appeal from the 193rd Judicial District
Court, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-14-01454-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. TX-13-50088
Opinion delivered by Justice Evans, Justices
DALLAS COUNTY and CITY OF Lang and Whitehill participating.
DALLAS, TEXAS, Appellees
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED.
It is ORDERED that appellee Dallas County and City of Dallas, Texas recover their
costs of this appeal from appellant Johnny Paul Rivers.
Judgment entered this 21st day of October, 2015.
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