## In the Court of Ap peals Second Appellate District of Texas

at Fort Worth

_ __________________________ No. 02

- 23

- 00192

- CV

___________________________

On Appeal from County Court at Law No. 2

Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 2022

- 001468

- 2
Before Sudderth, C.J.; Kerr an d Birdwell, JJ. Memorand um Opinion by C hief Justice Sudderth 

### D ELORIS 

### P HILLIPS 

### , Appellant

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### . S UGAR 

### C REEK 

### A PARTMENTS 

### , Appellee2 MEMORANDUM OPIN I ON
In Decem ber 2022, the trial court entered a default judgment in favor of Appellant Deloris Phillips

. See Phillips v. Sugar Creek Apartments , No. 02

- 23

- 00107

- CV , 2023 WL 3 6436 74, at *1 (Tex. App.

— Fort Worth May 25, 2023, no p et . h.) (mem. op.). Several months late r

— after the trial court ’ s plena ry power had expired 1

— Appellant filed a post

- judgment motion re lated to preservation of the record , then she attempted to appeal fr om t he cor responding order denying her motions. Id. B e cause the order was not a ppealable, we dismissed the appeal for want of jurisdiction

. I d. Now, Appellant attempts t o appe al f r om tw o new post

- judgment orders : 2 (1) a n order denying her motion s to appo in t counsel and a speci al master , and (2) a n

o rd er denying her motion to amend the judgment. Ag ain, these order s ar e not

a ppe alable.

“ Unless specifically authorized by s tatute, Texas appellate courts only have jurisdic tion to review final judgments. ” B ison Bldg. Materials, Ltd. v. Aldridge , 422 S.W.3d 582, 585 (Tex. 2012) ; see Lehmann v. Har

- Con Corp ., 39 S.W.3 d 191 , 19 5 , 205

1 “ When

. . . an order or j udgment is rendered by a trial court after its p le nary power has expired, ” even if that order or judgment is a ppealable, “ an appellate court ’ s jurisdiction is limited to setting aside the order or judgment and dismissing the appeal for want of ju risdiction

. ” H aider v. Associated Props. , L.P. , No. 02

- 21

- 0 0181

- CV, 2022 WL 4373605, at *1 (Tex. App.

— Fort Worth Sept. 22, 2022, no pe t.) (per curiam) (mem. op.).

2 The two post

- judgment orders were signed in June 2023 , after we handed down our opinion i n Phillips

. See 2 023 WL 3643674, at *1 ( reflecting date o f May 25, 2023)

.3

(Tex. 2001). No statute authorizes a n appe al from a n order denying a motion to amend a judgment , de nying a motion to appoint cou nsel , or denying a motion to appoint a special master

. See Tex. C iv. Prac. & Rem . Code A nn. § 51.014(a) ; Regalado

v . Securus Techs. , No. 02

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- 00089

- CV, 2023 WL 3370727, a t *1 (Tex. App.

— Fort Worth May 11, 2023, no pet. ) (m em. op.) ( noting order de nyin g motion to appoint

co unsel is not appealable)

. And such order s are not final judgment s either

. See Bella Palma, L LC v. Youn

g , 601 S.W.3d 799, 801 (Tex. 2020) ( “ [A] jud gm ent is final either if

‘ it actually disposes of every pending claim and party ’ o r ‘ i t clearly and unequivocally states that it finally disposes of all claims and all parties. ’ ” (emphasis altered) (quoting
Lehmann , 39 S. W.3 d at 20 5 ) ).
A ccor dingly, w e notified Appellant of o ur concern that we lacked jurisdiction over this appeal and warned that w e would d ismiss the appeal unl ess , within ten days,
she showe d grounds for cont inuing it

. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a ) , 44.3. More than a month ha s passed , and we have no t received a response.
W e therefore dismiss Appellant’s attempted appeal for want of jurisdi ction

. See
Tex. R . App. P. 42.3(a) , 4 3.2 ( f)

. /s/ Bonnie Sudderth
Bonnie Sudderth Chief Justice
Delivered: July 13, 2023