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NUMBER 13-26-00516-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG MARIO MEDINA AND IMELDA ANGUIANO, Appellants, v. WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB, NOT IN ITS INDIVIDUAL CAPACITY BUT SOLELY AS TRUSTEE OF CSMC 2021-RPL7 TRUST, Appellee. ON APPEAL FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 7 OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices Silva and Cron Memorandum Opinion by Justice Silva This cause is before the Court on appellants’ failure to pay the filing fee in this appeal. On July 2, 2026, appellants filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal an order or judgment in trial court cause number CL-26-1958-G. On July 7, 2026, the Clerk of the Court instructed appellants to remit the $205.00 filing fee. On July 22, 2026, the Clerk of the Court informed appellants that the filing fee was past due. See TEX. R. APP. P. 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 § 51.207 (delineating the required fees and costs in an appellate court). Appellants were further notified that if the filing fee was not paid within ten days, the appeal would be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b), (c). To date, appellants have failed to pay the filing fee or otherwise respond to the Clerk’s notices. This Court has the authority to dismiss an appeal because the appellants have failed to comply with a requirement of the appellate rules, a court order, or a notice from the clerk requiring a response or other action within a specified time. See id.; Smith v. DC Civil Constr., LLC, 521 S.W.3d 75, 76 (Tex. App.—San Antonio 2017, no pet.). Here, appellants have not paid the appellate filing fee nor responded to the Clerk’s notices as required. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(b), (c). CLARISSA SILVA Justice Delivered and filed on the 20th day of August, 2026. 2