*1 COURT OF APPEALS EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS EL PASO, TEXAS §

IN THE No. 08-17-00188-CV

INTEREST OF Appeal from the

B.S.R., A CHILD. 383rd District Court

of El Paso County, Texas §

(TC# 2011DCM10219) §

MEMORANDUM OPINION This appeal is before the Court on its own motion to determine whether it should be dismissed for want of prosecution. Finding that the clerk’s record has not been filed because Appellant, Jose Manuel Sanchez III, has failed to make financial arrangements to pay for the clerk’s record, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution.

The El Paso County District Clerk notified the Court that Appellant has not made financial arrangements to pay for preparation of the clerk’s record as required by T EX .R.A PP .P. 35.3(a)(2). The Clerk of this Court notified Appellant that the Court intended to dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution unless Appellant responded within ten days and showed grounds for continuing the appeal. See T EX .R.A PP .P. 37.3(b). Appellant has not filed any response establishing that he is entitled to appeal without paying for the clerk’s record or that he has made arrangements to pay for preparation of the clerk’s record. We conclude that the clerk’s record has not been filed due to *2 the fault of the Appellant. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of prosecution. See T EX .R.A PP .P. 37.3(b), 42.3(b), (c).

GINA M. PALAFOX, Justice November 8, 2017

Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Palafox, JJ.

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