Case Name: Robert SORENSON, Appellant, v. Al LUEBBERS, Superintendent of Farmington Correctional Center, Respondent
Court: Missouri Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Missouri
Decision Date: 2005-03-29
Citations: 158 S.W.3d 860
Docket Number: No. ED 85633
Parties: Robert SORENSON, Appellant, v. Al LUEBBERS, Superintendent of Farmington Correctional Center, Respondent.
Judges: LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN and GLENN A. NORTON, JJ., concur.
Reporter: South Western Reporter Third Series
Volume: 158
Pages: 860–860

Head Matter:
Robert SORENSON, Appellant, v. Al LUEBBERS, Superintendent of Farmington Correctional Center, Respondent.
No. ED 85633.
Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Division Five.
March 29, 2005.
Robert J. Sorenson, Farmington, MO, for Appellant.
Michael Joseph Spillane, Jefferson City, MO, for Respondent.

Opinion:
GEORGE W. DRAPER III, C.J.
Robert Sorenson (Appellant) appeals from a judgment denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. Appeal dismissed.
We have a duty to initially determine whether we have jurisdiction. If we lack jurisdiction to entertain an appeal, then it should be dismissed. Fischer v. City of Washington, 55 S.W.3d 372, 377 (Mo.App. E.D.2001). Here, Appellant seeks to appeal from the circuit court's judgment denying his petition for writ of habeas corpus. An appeal does not lie from the denial of a petition for habeas corpus. Blackmon v. Missouri Board of Probation and Parole, 97 S.W.3d 458 (Mo. banc 2003); McDermott v. State, 120 S.W.3d 261, 262 (Mo.App. E.D.2003).
We issued an order directing Appellant to show cause why his appeal should not be dismissed. Appellant has filed a response in which he argues that he has a constitutional right to have the trial court's ruling reviewed when his rights have been violated. However, even though Appellant may not have the right to appeal the ruling, he has a remedy. A petitioner's remedy where a petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied is to file a new writ petition in a higher court. Webster v. Purkett, 110 S.W.3d 832, 837 (Mo.App. E.D.2003). Appellant has not filed a new writ petition.
The appeal is dismissed for lack of an appealable judgment.
LAWRENCE G. CRAHAN and GLENN A. NORTON, JJ., concur.