In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-19-00021-CV
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IN THE INTEREST OF H.H.
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On Appeal from the 317th District Court
Jefferson County, Texas
Trial Cause No. C-231,992
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
This matter is an accelerated appeal, in which pro se appellant J.H. appeals
the termination of his parental rights to H.H.
Despite written notices from this Court and an opportunity to cure, to date,
J.H. has neither established indigence nor paid the filing fee for the appeal. See Tex.
R. App. P. 5, 20.1. A clerk’s record has not been filed, and the clerk responsible for
preparing the record in this appeal informed the Court that J.H. did not make
arrangements to pay for the record. See Tex. R. App. P. 37.3(b). On February 8,
2019, we notified the parties that the appeal would be dismissed unless the filing fee
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was paid or J.H. filed a motion which states the facts relied upon to explain the need
for additional time to file the record. J.H. did not respond to the Court’s notices.1
There being no satisfactory explanation for J.H.’s failure to pay the filing fee
for the appeal, and there being no satisfactory explanation for the failure to file the
clerk’s record, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex. R. App. P.
37.3(b), 42.3.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
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LEANNE JOHNSON
Justice
Submitted on March 6, 2019
Opinion Delivered March 7, 2019
Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.
1
The address appellant provided with his notice of appeal indicates that he
was incarcerated when he filed the notice of appeal. This Court mailed notices to
both the address of the facility where appellant was incarcerated and to appellant’s
last known previous address.
2