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NUMBER 13-26-00500-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG ROY WAYNE JACKSON, TDCJ #01989547, Appellant, v. JENNA PENA, UNKNOWN OFFICERS TDCJ PROPERTY, Appellees. ON APPEAL FROM THE 156TH DISTRICT COURT OF BEE COUNTY, TEXAS MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Peña, West, and Fonseca Memorandum Opinion by Justice West This cause is before the Court on its own motion. On June 23, 2026, the District Clerk received appellant’s correspondence indicating he had filed an appeal in trial court cause number BCV2501180B. The correspondence was construed as a notice of appeal, and on June 24, 2026, the Clerk of the Court instructed the appellant to remit a $205.00 filing fee within ten days from the date of the notice. Appellant was also notified that the appeal had not been perfected timely. Appellant was further notified that if the defect was not cured within ten days, the appeal would be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. 42.3. On July 22, 2026, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that he was delinquent in paying the $205.00 filing fee and that if the filing fee was not paid within 10 days, the appeal would be dismissed. See id. R. 5 (“A party who is not excused by statute or these rules from paying costs must pay—at the time an item is presented for filing—whatever fees are required by statute or Supreme Court order. The appellate court may enforce this rule by any order that is just.”); TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 51.207 (delineating the required fees and costs in an appellate court). Appellant has failed to cure the defective notice of appeal, failed to pay the filing fee, and has otherwise not responded to the notices from the Clerk of the Court requiring a response or other action within the time specified. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b), (c). JON WEST Justice Delivered and filed on the 13th day of August, 2026. 2