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                           NUMBER 13-11-00497-CV

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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MIRTA RAMOS, INDIVIDUALLY, AS SPOUSE
OF FRANCISCO VELASQUEZ JR. AND AS
NEXT FRIEND OF Z. M. V., A. M. V., E. J. V.,
A. J. V. AND M. F. V., MINOR CHILDREN OF
FRANCISCO VELASQUEZ JR., DECEASED,                                         Appellant,

                                          v.

TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY,                  Appellee.
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              On Appeal from the 332nd District Court
                    of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
           Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Vela
                      Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      The appellant's brief in the above cause was due on September 30, 2011. On

November 7, 2011, the Clerk of the Court notified appellant that the brief had not been

timely filed and that the appeal was subject to dismissal for want of prosecution under
Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 38.8(a)(1), unless within ten days from the date of

receipt of the notice, appellant reasonably explained the failure and the appellee was not

significantly injured by the appellant's failure to timely file a brief. To date, no response

has been received from appellant.

       Appellant has failed to either reasonably explain her failure to file a brief, file a

motion for extension of time to file her brief, or file her brief. Accordingly, the appeal is

DISMISSED FOR WANT OF PROSECUTION. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8(a), 42.3(b).



                                                  PER CURIAM


Delivered and filed the
21st day of December, 2011.




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