$5,612.00 U.S. Currency v. State ( 2018 )

COURT OF APPEALS
SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH
NO. 02-18-00042-CV
$5,612.00 U.S. CURRENCY APPELLANT
V.
THE STATE OF TEXAS APPELLEE
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FROM CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT NO. 4 OF TARRANT COUNTY
TRIAL COURT NO. S-13423-16
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MEMORANDUM OPINION 1
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On January 3, 2018, Appellant Damon Gonzalez filed a notice of his intent
to appeal the default judgment entered against him on February 28, 2017. By
letter dated February 1, 2018, we notified Appellant of our concern that we may
not have jurisdiction over this appeal because the notice of appeal was not timely
filed. Tex. R. App. P. 26.1. As no postjudgment motions were filed to extend the
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See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.
appellate deadline, the notice of appeal was due March 30, 2017. See id. We
cautioned Appellant that his appeal may be dismissed for want of jurisdiction
unless we received a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal within
10 days. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).
Appellant filed a response but did not provide us with any basis of
jurisdiction over his appeal. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal for want of
jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f); see also In re D.A., No. 02-15-00346-
CV, 2015 WL 9244637, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 17, 2015, no pet.)
(mem. op.) (“The time for filing a notice of appeal is jurisdictional in this court,
and absent a timely-filed notice of appeal or extension request, we must dismiss
the appeal.”).
PER CURIAM
PANEL: SUDDERTH, C.J.; WALKER and MEIER, JJ.
DELIVERED: March 8, 2018
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