Ryan Ashton Couture v. Hany Ahmed Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 3 of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)

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Opinion issued December 21, 2021 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-21-00488-CV ——————————— RYAN ASHTON COUTURE, Appellant V. HANY AHMED, Appellee On Appeal from the County Civil Court at Law No. 3 Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 1165542 MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant, Ryan Ashton Couture, filed an appeal from a final judgment signed on September 1, 2021. Appellant has not paid for the clerk’s record or the required filing fee and has not established indigence for purposes of appellate costs. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 20.1 (indigence), 37.3(b) (allowing dismissal of appeal if no clerk’s record filed due to appellant’s fault); see also TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. §§ 51.207, 51.208, 51.941(a), 101.041; Order Regarding Fees Charged in the Supreme Court, in Civil Cases in the Courts of Appeals, and Before the Judicial Panel on MultiDistrict Litigation, Misc. Docket No. 15-9158 (Tex. Aug. 28, 2015). Appellant failed to respond to our notices of October 4, 2021 (past due filing fee) and November 2, 2021 (non-payment for the clerk’s record), that, should appellant not pay the fee for the clerk’s record or the filing fee or establish indigence, this appeal was subject to dismissal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5 (allowing enforcement of rule), 37.3(b) (allowing dismissal of appeal if no clerk’s record filed due to appellant’s fault), 42.3(c) (allowing involuntary dismissal of case). Appellant has not responded to this Court’s notices. We dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. We dismiss any pending motions as moot. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Hightower, Countiss, and Guerra. 2

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