Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2024-01-22 08:09:10.662557+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:21:02.980996
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In the
        Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
         at Fort Worth
      ___________________________

           No. 02-23-00328-CR
      ___________________________

   CHRISTIAN J. SCHROEDER, Appellant

                      V.

           THE STATE OF TEXAS

 On Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 4
            Tarrant County, Texas
          Trial Court No. 1796798

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

       After Appellant Christian J. Schroeder filed a motion to set bond, the trial

entered an order denying him bond. Proceeding pro se, Appellant now attempts to

appeal that order. But an interlocutory order ruling on a motion to set bond is not

appealable. See Ragston v. State, 424 S.W.3d 49, 52 (Tex. Crim. App. 2014); Conley v.

State, Nos. 02-21-00090-CR, 02-21-00091-CR, 02-21-00093-CR, 2021 WL 3793816, at

*1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Aug. 26, 2021, no pet.) (mem. op., not designated for

publication).

       Because there is no record of an appealable order or judgment, and because

such an order or judgment is necessary for this court to obtain jurisdiction, see Conley,

2021 WL 3793816, at *1, we notified Appellant of our concern that we lacked

jurisdiction over his appeal. We warned that we would dismiss the appeal for want of

jurisdiction unless, within ten days, Appellant or any other party showed grounds for

continuing it. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f), 44.3. Appellant responded by filing with

the trial court a document entitled “DEMAND TO ACKNOWLEDGE VALID

APPEAL,” which the trial court filed with us. This document catalogues Appellant’s

numerous complaints, but it does not show grounds for this court to exercise

jurisdiction over his appeal.

       Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Tex. R. App. P.

43.2(f); see Ragston, 424 S.W.3d at 50–52 (affirming dismissal of appeal for want of

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jurisdiction in similar case); Conley, 2021 WL 3793816, at *1 (dismissing appeals for

want of jurisdiction in similar case).

                                                   /s/ Bonnie Sudderth

                                                    Bonnie Sudderth
                                                    Chief Justice

Do Not Publish
Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

Delivered: January 18, 2024

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