COURT OF APPEALS SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS FORT WORTH NO. 02-16-00056-CV NERISSA GAINES APPELLANT V. BRIAN HARDWICK APPELLEE ------------ FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF TARRANT COUNTY TRIAL COURT NO. 2016-000041-1 ------------ MEMORANDUM OPINION1 AND JUDGMENT ------------ On July 27, 2017, August 29, 2016, and October 7, 2016, we notified appellant that her brief did not comply and her amended brief had not been filed as required by Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.6(a). See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). In our third letter dated October 7, 2016, we stated that failure to file an amended brief by October 17, 2016, would result in the striking of her 1 See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4. noncompliant brief and dismissal of the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a), 38.9(a), 42.3. We have not received any response. Because appellant’s amended brief has not been filed as directed by this court, we strike the noncompliant brief filed on July 25, 2016, and we dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b)–(c), 43.2(f). PER CURIAM PANEL: LIVINGSTON, C.J.; WALKER and MEIER, JJ. DELIVERED: November 17, 2016 2