in the Matter of the Marriage of Enesha Tanshell Thompson Carpenter and Kevin Jameson Carpenter and in the Interest of a Child ( 2010 )

                                                         In The

                                                Court of Appeals

                        Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                                                ______________________________

                                                             No. 06-10-00023-CV

                                                ______________________________

                             IN THE MATTER OF THE MARRIAGE OF

ENESHA TANSHELL THOMPSON CARPENTER

AND KEVIN JAMESON CARPENTER AND

IN THE INTEREST OF A CHILD

                                       On Appeal from the 321st Judicial District Court

                                                             Smith County, Texas

                                                         Trial Court No. 09-2331-D

                                          Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

                                            Memorandum Opinion by Justice Moseley

                                                     MEMORANDUM OPINION

            Kevin Jameson Carpenter filed his notice of appeal pro se March 3, 2010.^[1]

            The clerk’s record was filed April 8, 2010. No timely request was made in writing at or before the time for perfecting the appeal for the preparation of a reporter’s record, as required by Tex. R. App. P. 34.6.  Therefore, appellant’s brief was due June 4, 2010. 

            When neither a brief nor a motion to extend time for filing the same had been filed by June 24, 2010, we contacted appellant by letter and informed him that if a brief had not been filed by July 9, 2010, the appeal would be subject to dismissal for want of prosecution.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b), (c).

            No brief has been filed, and appellant has taken no other action in pursuit of his appeal.  Pursuant to Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b), we dismiss this appeal for want of prosecution.

                                                                        Bailey C. Moseley

                                                                        Justice

Date Submitted:          July 26, 2010

Date Decided:             July 27, 2010

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^[1]Originally appealed to the Twelfth Court of Appeals, this case was transferred to this Court by the Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts.  See Tex. Gov’t Code Ann. § 73.001 (Vernon 2005).