 COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS ' STEPHANIE FERNANDEZ, No. 08-12-00164-CV ' Appellant, Appeal from ' v. 65th District Court ' TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY of El Paso County, Texas ' AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES, ' (TC # 2010CM5403) Appellee. MEMORANDUM OPINION This appeal is before the Court on its own motion for determination of whether it should be dismissed for want of prosecution. Finding that Appellant has not filed a brief or a motion for extension of time, we dismiss the appeal. Appellant failed to file her brief on the due date. On June 14, 2012, the Clerk of the Court sent the parties a notice that Appellant had not filed her brief or motion for extension of time. Further, the notice advised the parties of the Court’s intent to dismiss for want of prosecution unless one of the parties responded showing grounds to continue the appeal. No response has been received as of this date. This Court possesses the authority to dismiss an appeal for want of prosecution when the appellant has failed to file her brief in the time prescribed, and gives no reasonable explanation for such failure. TEX.R.APP.P. 38.8(a)(1); Elizondo v. City of San Antonio, 975 S.W.2d 61 , 63 (Tex.App.--San Antonio 1998, no pet.). Because Appellant failed to file her brief and has not responded to our inquiry, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution pursuant to TEX.R.APP.P. 38.8(a)(1), 42.3(b), and 42.3(c). July 31, 2012  ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice Before McClure, C.J., Rivera, and Antcliff, JJ. -2- 
Stephanie Fernandez v. Texas Department of Family and Protective Services
Court of Appeals of Texas
Court of Appeals of Texas