Woodforest National Bank v. Relianse Group, LLC, Haresh Surti, and Anthony Iannarelli

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-26-00017-CV
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WOODFOREST NATIONAL BANK, Appellant

V.

RELIANSE GROUP, LLC, HARESH SURTI, AND ANTHONY
IANNARELLI, Appellees

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On Appeal from the 457th District Court
Montgomery County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 24-09-15014
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MEMORANDUM OPINION

On January 9, 2026, Woodforest National Bank filed a notice of appeal from

a final judgment signed on October 16, 2025. Upon receiving the notice of appeal

from Appellant, the Clerk of the Court issued an invoice for the filing fee for the

appeal. By letter dated February 12, 2026, we notified the parties that Appellant had

not paid the filing fee as directed in our letter and invoice previously forwarded to

Appellant. A Certified Bill of Costs for the filing fee was enclosed and provided to

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Appellant. We warned Appellant in our letter dated February 12, 2026, that unless

the filing fee was paid, the appeal would be dismissed without further notice on any

date after Monday, February 23, 2026. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(c). As of this date,

Appellant has failed to pay the filing fee as directed by this Court.

On February 17, 2026, the District Clerk notified the Court that Appellant had

failed to pay or to make the arrangements necessary for the District Clerk to prepare

the clerk’s record. We notified the parties that Appellant had not established indigent

status, and that the clerk’s record had not been filed due to Appellant’s failure to pay

or to arrange to pay the fee required to prepare the clerk’s record. We warned

Appellant that the appeal would be dismissed for want of prosecution unless

Appellant established that it had made the arrangements required to pay the fee or

that it needed more time to do so. See id. 37.3(b). After the Clerk of this Court sent

the parties a letter warning of the consequences of a failure to take the action

necessary to file the clerk’s record, the Court did not receive a response.

Appellant has not paid the filing fee for the appeal, nor has Appellant

explained why it has not paid the fee for the clerk’s record; therefore, we dismiss the

appeal for want of prosecution. Id. 5, 42.3(c), 43.2(f).

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APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on April 29, 2026
Opinion Delivered April 30, 2026

Before Golemon, C.J., Wright and Chambers, JJ.

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