James C. Guzman and Gloria A. Guzman v. the Bank of New York Mellon F/K/A the Bank of New York as Successor in Interest to JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Not Individually but Solely as Trustee for the Holders of Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2006-2
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-16-00713-CV
James C. Guzman and Gloria A. Guzman, Appellants
v.
The Bank of New York Mellon f/k/a/ The Bank of New York as Successor in Interest to
JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., not Individually but Solely as Trustee for the Holders of Bear
Sterns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2006-2, Asset-Backed Certificates, 2006-2, Appellee
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 250TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. D-1-GN-14-002456, HONORABLE ORLINDA NARANJO, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
The clerk’s record in this appeal was due for filing in this Court on October 20, 2016.
The Clerk of this Court subsequently notified the appellants that the clerk’s record had not been
filed due to their failure to pay or make arrangements to pay the district court clerk’s fees for
preparing the clerk’s record. The notice requested that the appellants make arrangements for the
clerk’s record and submit a status report regarding this appeal by December 2, 2016. Further, the
notice advised the appellants that their failure to comply with this request could result in the
dismissal of this appeal for want of prosecution. To date, the appellants have not filed a status report
or otherwise responded to this Court’s notice, and the clerk’s record has not been filed.
If the trial court clerk fails to file the clerk’s record due to the appellants’ failure to
pay or make arrangements to pay for the clerk’s fee for preparing the record, the appellate court may
dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless the appellants were entitled to proceed without
payment of costs. Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). In this case, the appellants have not established that
they are entitled to proceed without payment of costs. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 145; Tex. R. App. P. 20.1.
Because the appellants have failed to pay or make arrangements to pay the clerk’s fee for preparing
the clerk’s record, this appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b).
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Scott K. Field, Justice
Before Justices Puryear, Pemberton, and Field
Dismissed for Want of Prosecution
Filed: January 6, 2017
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