Unico Commodities LLC and Riccardo Valentini v. Global Companies, LLC

Summary

The First Court of Appeals of Texas dismissed Unico Commodities LLC and Riccardo Valentini’s appeal for want of prosecution. The appellants failed to pay the appellate filing fee or establish indigence, failed to file an appellate brief, and did not respond to court notices or cure these deficiencies.

Holdings

1. An appeal may be dismissed when appellants fail to pay the required appellate filing fee or establish indigence for appellate costs after receiving notice and an opportunity to cure.
2. An appeal may be dismissed for want of prosecution when an appellant fails to file a required brief and fails to respond to a notice directing the appellant to file the brief or seek an extension.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the appeal should be dismissed when appellants failed to pay the appellate filing fee or establish indigence after notice.
2. Whether the appeal should be dismissed for failure to file an appellate brief and respond to a notice that the brief was past due.

Disposition

dismissed