Court Opinion

ID: 9410754
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-07-24 07:08:31.9047+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:21:00.208132
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In the
                   Court of Appeals
           Second Appellate District of Texas
                    at Fort Worth
                 ___________________________
                      No. 02-23-00197-CV
                 ___________________________

DIRECTOR FACTORY MANAGEMENT GROUP, LLC, AND CHRISTOPHER
                   COKLEY, Appellants

                                 V.

PNC EQUIPMENT FINANCE, LLC, D/B/A KUBOTA LEASING, Appellee

             On Appeal from County Court at Law No. 3
                      Tarrant County, Texas
                  Trial Court No. 2022-000085-3

             Before Sudderth, C.J.; Kerr and Walker, JJ.
             Memorandum Opinion by Justice Walker
                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Appellants Director Factory Management Group, LLC, and Christopher

Cokley attempt to appeal from the trial court’s final summary judgment. We will

dismiss Appellants’ attempted appeal for want of jurisdiction because the notice of

appeal was not timely filed.

      The trial court signed the final summary judgment on January 20, 2023, making

Appellants’ motion for new trial, if any, due by February 21, 2023. See Tex. R. Civ.

P. 329b(a). But Appellants did not file their motion for new trial until February 23,

2023. Because Appellants did not file a timely motion for new trial, their notice of

appeal was due within thirty days of the signing of the final summary judgment—

February 21, 2023. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1; Miller v. Miller, No. 02-21-00176-CV,

2021 WL 3085758, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth July 22, 2021, no pet.) (mem. op.).

Appellants did not file their notice of appeal until June 2, 2023.

      On June 13, 2023, we notified Appellants that we questioned our jurisdiction,

gave them an opportunity to show grounds for continuing the appeal, and warned

that we could dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3.

We received no response from Appellants. Accordingly, we dismiss Appellants’

attempted appeal for want of jurisdiction. See id.; Miller, 2021 WL 3085758, at *1.

                                                       /s/ Brian Walker

                                                       Brian Walker
                                                       Justice

Delivered: July 20, 2023
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