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Opinion issued August 25, 2026 In The Court of Appeals For The First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00277-CV ——————————— BLACK GOLD TEXAS TEA OIL LLC AND ANTONIO E. SERNA A/K/A TONY SERNA, Appellants V. LUIS GARCIA, Appellee On Appeal from the 127th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 2024-40473 MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellants Black Gold Texas Tea Oil LLC and Antonio E. Serna, also known as Tony Serna, filed their notice of restricted appeal on March 20, 2026. Appellants did not pay their appellate filing fee or establish indigence for purposes of appellate costs. See TEX. R. APP. P. 5, 20.1; see also TEX. GOV’T CODE §§ 51.207, 51.208, 51.851(b), 51.941(a); Order, Fees Charged in the Supreme Court, in Civil Cases in the Courts of Appeals, and Before the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation, and in the Business Court, Misc. Docket No. 24-9047 (Tex. July 26, 2024). The Clerk of this Court notified appellants that unless they paid their appellate filing fee by May 18, 2026, their appeal could be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b). To date, appellants have not responded to the Clerk’s notice, nor paid the appellate filing fee or established indigence for purposes of appellate costs. Appellants also did not pay, or make arrangements to pay, the fee for preparing the clerk’s record. See TEX. R. CIV. P. 145; TEX. R. APP. P. 34.1. We notified appellants that their appeal could be dismissed for want of prosecution if the clerk’s record was not filed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(a), (b). We directed appellants to submit written evidence from the trial court clerk by July 1, 2026, reflecting they paid, or made arrangements to pay, the fee for preparing the clerk’s record. To date, appellants have not responded to this Court’s notice and the clerk’s record has not been filed. We dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b)–(c). We dismiss any pending motions as moot. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Gunn, and Morgan. 2