Court Opinion

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Opinion filed November 30, 2023

                                      In The

        Eleventh Court of Appeals
                                   __________

                              No. 11-23-00239-CV
                                  __________

               BRIAN ORLANDO WILLIAMS, Appellant
                                         V.
           ALTON SMITH AND ALICIA SMITH, Appellees

                      On Appeal from the 42nd District Court
                             Taylor County, Texas
                         Trial Court Cause No. 51088-A

                      MEMORANDUM OPINION
      Appellant, Brian Orlando Williams, filed an untimely notice of appeal from
the trial court’s order granting Appellees’ motion for summary judgment. We
dismiss the appeal.
      The documents filed in this court reflect that on April 18, 2023, the trial court
signed an order granting Appellees’ no-evidence motion for summary judgment and
dismissing Appellant’s causes of action against Appellees with prejudice. Appellant
did not file any post-judgment motions or requests for extension that would extend
the time to file a notice of appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(a), 26.3. As a result, the
notice of appeal1 was due to be filed on or before May 18, 2023, thirty days after the
judgment was signed, or by June 2, 2023 at the latest, if Appellant had requested and
was given an extension of time to file. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1, 26.3. Appellant
did not file a notice of appeal until October 24, 2023. Absent a timely notice of
appeal, this court is without jurisdiction to consider an appeal. Wilkins v. Methodist
Health Care Sys., 160 S.W.3d 559, 564 (Tex. 2005); Garza v. Hibernia Nat’l Bank,
227 S.W.3d 233, 233–34 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2007, no pet.); see
Verburgt v. Dorner, 959 S.W.2d 615, 617 (Tex. 1997).
        Upon docketing the appeal, the clerk of this court wrote to the parties and
informed them that the notice of appeal appeared to have been untimely filed. We
requested that Appellant respond and show grounds to continue the appeal. We also
informed Appellant that this appeal may be dismissed. Appellant filed a response to
our letter but has not shown any other grounds upon which this appeal may be
continued.
        Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

                                                         W. BRUCE WILLIAMS
                                                         JUSTICE

November 30, 2023
Panel consists of: Bailey, C.J.,
Trotter, J., and Williams, J.

        We note that the notice of appeal filed by Appellant was not a notice of restricted appeal. See
        1

TEX. R. APP. P. 25.1(d)(7).
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