DISMISS and Opinion Filed October 28, 2014. 

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In The 

## Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

No. 05

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- 01054

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JAY SANDON COOPER AN D TERESA WARD COOPER , Appellants V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, COLLIN COUNTY DISTRI CT ATTORNEY GREG WIL LIS, CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS , THOMAS MUELENBECK, MARK ISRAELSON, BRUCE GLASSCOCK, SCO TT NEUMEYER, GREGORY RUSHIN, PETE GABRIEL ,

DOUGLAS ANGLE, RICHA RD PEREZ, COURTNEY P ERO, EARNEST OLDHAM, GLENN KAL ETTA, EDDIE DELEON, JOSEPH CLAGGETT, JEN NIFER DAY, JAMAL MURRAY, PAUL M CNULTY, AND CHAD BEO UGHER, ALL INDIVIDUALLY AND IN THEIR OFFICIAL CA PACITIES , Appellees

On Appeal from the 416th Judicial District Court Collin County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 416

- 00043

- 2014



### MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Bridges, Lang, and Evans Opinion by Justice Lang In a letter dated September 30, 2014, the Court questioned its jurisdiction over this
appeal. Specifically, there did not appear to be an appealable order. W e instructed appellant s to
file, within ten days, a letter brief addressing our jurisdictional concern with an opportunity for
appellees to respond. As of today’ s date, appellants have not filed a letter brief.
Generally, this Court has jurisdiction only over appeals from final judgments. See

Lehmann v. Har

- Con Corp. , 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). A final judgment is one that
disposes of all pending parties and claims. Id . An appellate court lacks jurisdict ion to review an
interlocutory order unless a statute specifically authorizes an exception to the general rule that– 2

– appeals may only be taken from final judgments. See Qwest Communications Corp. v. AT&T

Corp. , 24 S.W.3d 334, 336 (Tex. 2000).

In the noti ce of appeal, appellants state they are appealing from the “Orders/Rulings on
Plaintiffs’ Motion to Strike, Plaintiffs’ Motion to Show Authority, and the Contest of Plaintiffs’
Rule 145 Affidavit.” None of these orders is a final judgment . Moreover, t her e is no statute
authorizing an appeal from an indigency ruling pursuant to Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 145.

See T EX

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. P RAC

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. § 51.014(a) (Wes t Supp. 201 4 ). Thus, there is no final
judgment or appealable interlocutory order

. For this reason, this Court lacks jurisdiction.
We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See T EX

. R. A PP

. P. 42.3(a).

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Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas

JUDGMENT

JAY SANDON COOPER AND TERESA WARD COOPER, Appellants

No. 05

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- 01054

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THE STATE OF TEXAS, COLLIN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GREG WILLIS, CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, THOMAS MUELENBECK, MARK ISRAELSON, BRUCE GLASSCOCK, SCOTT NEUMEYER, GREGO RY RUSHIN, PETE GABRIEL, DOUGLAS ANGLE, RICHARD PEREZ, COURTNEY PERO, EARNEST OLDHAM, GLENN KALETTA, EDDIE DELEON, JOSEPH CLAGGETT, JENNIFER DAY, JAMAL MURRAY, PAUL MCNULTY, AND CHAD BEOUGHER, ALL INDIVIDUALLY AND IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES, Appellees On Appeal from the 416th Judicial District Court, Collin County, Texas. Trial Court Cause No. 416

- 00043

- 2014. Opinion delivered by Justice Lang. Justices Bridges and Evans, participating.

In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED

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It is ORDERED that appellees THE STATE OF TEXAS, COLLIN COUNTY DISTRICT ATTORNEY GREG WILLIS, CITY OF PLANO, TEXAS, THOMAS MUELENBECK, MARK ISRAELSON, BRUCE GLASSCOCK, SCOTT N EUMEYER, GREGORY RUSHIN, PETE GABRIEL, DOUGLAS ANGLE, RICHARD PEREZ, COURTNEY PERO, EARNEST OLDHAM, GLENN KALETTA, EDDIE DELEON, JOSEPH CLAGGETT, JENNIFER DAY, JAMAL MURRAY, PAUL MCNULTY, AND CHAD BEOUGHER, ALL INDIVIDUALLY AND IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES recover their costs of this appeal from appellants JAY SANDON COOPER AND TERESA WARD COOPER.

Judgment entered this 28th day of October, 2014.