In the Interest of J.F. and J.F., Children v. the State of Texas

In the
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-25-00033-CV

IN THE INTEREST OF J.F. AND J.F., CHILDREN

On Appeal from the 360th District Court
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 360-628026-17

Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Stevens
MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Javon Deanne Fedrick timely filed a pro se notice of appeal on February 26,

2025.1 The clerk’s record was filed on April 24, 2025. On May 23, 2025, we received a

document that purported to be Fedrick’s appellate brief. On May 28, 2025, we sent Fedrick a

letter explaining that the document we received was inadequate to serve as a brief because it did

not meet the requirements of Rule 38.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. See TEX. R.

APP. P. 38.1. In our letter, we provided Fedrick with a detailed explanation of why the document

she provided to this Court failed to comply with Rule 38.1.2 We informed Fedrick that, if she

did not file a brief that complied with Rule 38.1 by June 27, 2025, the appeal would be ripe for

dismissal for want of prosecution.

On June 2, 2025, we received a document that we construed as Fedrick’s “corrected”

brief. That document also failed to comply with the requirements of Rule 38.1. Because Fedrick

did not file a brief meeting the requirements of Rule 38.1, her appeal is ripe for dismissal.

1
Originally appealed to the Second Court of Appeals, this case was transferred to this Court by the Texas Supreme
Court pursuant to Section 73.001 of the Texas Government Code. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001 (Supp.).
We are unaware of any conflict between precedent of the Second Court of Appeals and that of this Court on any
relevant issue. See TEX. R. APP. P. 41.3.

2
Each factual statement must contain a citation to the appellate record so that the Court can locate and confirm facts.
Devon did not comply with Rule 38.1(g) in either her original document or her revised document. See TEX. R. APP.
P. 38.1(g).
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Pursuant to Rules 38.8 and 42.3 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, we dismiss

this appeal for want of prosecution. See TEX. R. APP. P. 38.8, 42.3; see also Williams v. Johnson,

No. 10-02-346-CV, 2003 WL 21361266 (Tex. App.—Waco June 4, 2003, pet. denied)

(per curiam) (mem. op.).

Scott E. Stevens
Chief Justice

Date Submitted: June 12, 2025
Date Decided: June 13, 2025

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