Luke Teixeira v. John Hall, M.D.--Appeal from 124th District Court of Gregg County

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-03-00123-CV

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LUKE TEIXEIRA, Appellant

V.

JOHN HALL, M.D., Appellee

On Appeal from the 124th Judicial District Court

Gregg County, Texas

Trial Court No. 2002-882-B

Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Justice Ross

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, Luke Teixeira, acting pro se, has filed an appeal from an order granting summary judgment in favor of appellee, Dr. John Hall. Teixeira's brief was originally due on or before February 6, 2004. He filed a request to extend time to file his brief, which we granted, extending the deadline to March 8, 2004.

On March 19, 2004, we sent a letter to Texeira in which we informed him that, if he wished to prosecute the appeal, he must file a brief to arrive in this Court no later than April 5, 2004, with a cover letter reasonably explaining his failure to file a brief as required by the rules. We further informed Teixeira that, if he failed to do so, pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1), we may dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. As of the date of this opinion, Teixeira has not filed his brief, nor has he otherwise contacted this Court in connection with this appeal.

The time allowed for filing the appellate brief has elapsed. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.

Donald R. Ross

Justice

Date Submitted: April 21, 2004

Date Decided: April 22, 2004