Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-03-09 18:12:20.176891+00
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NUMBER 13-24-00095-CV

                                COURT OF APPEALS

                      THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                        CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

DAMON RAY PENAFLOR SR.
AND VANESSA KATRICE PEREZ,                                                           Appellants,

                                                     v.

PHIL SMITH,                                                                             Appellee.

            On appeal from the Justice Court, Precinct 4, Place 2
                          of Bell County, Texas.

                             MEMORANDUM OPINION

    Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Peña
              Memorandum Opinion by Justice Longoria

       This matter is before the Court on appellants’ amended motions to transfer venue.1

Appellants, Damon Ray Penaflor Sr. and Vanessa Katrice Perez, attempted to perfect an

       1 This case is before the Court on transfer from the Third Court of Appeals pursuant to a docket

equalization order issued by the Supreme Court of Texas. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001.
appeal from a judgment entered by the Justice Court, Precinct 4, Place 2 of Bell County,

Texas, in cause number 42CV2301100. We now dismiss this cause for want of

jurisdiction.

       On January 30, 2024, the Clerk of this Court notified appellants that it appeared

that this Court does not have jurisdiction. Appellants were advised that the appeal would

be dismissed if the defect was not corrected within ten days from the date of receipt of

the Court’s directive. Appellants filed the amended motions to transfer venue which

indicate the parties agree jurisdiction is not proper and request a transfer to the Bell

County Court.

       The Court, having examined and fully considered appellants’ amended motions,

the documents on file, and appellants’ failure to establish this court’s jurisdiction, is of the

opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Accordingly, the

appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a),(c).

       Furthermore, appellants’ amended motions to transfer venue are also dismissed

for want of jurisdiction; however, the Clerk of the Court has contacted the county clerk

regarding the notice of appeal and motion to transfer venue. It is anticipated that the office

of the Justice of the Peace, Precinct 4, Place 2, will forward a copy of the notice of appeal

to the clerk of the County Court of Bell County.

                                                                  NORA L. LONGORIA
                                                                  Justice

Delivered and filed on the
7th day of March, 2024.

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