Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-16 09:07:51.855712+00
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In the
        Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
         at Fort Worth
      ___________________________
           No. 02-22-00458-CV
      ___________________________

VECENTIE SONTIAGO MORALES, Appellant

                      V.

     ANN DELYNN WOOD, Appellee

   On Appeal from the 233rd District Court
           Tarrant County, Texas
       Trial Court No. 233-719643-22

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

       Pro se Appellant Vecentie Sontiago Morales has filed a notice of appeal,

though what he is appealing is unclear. Appellant’s notice of appeal references three

pending motions—a motion to dismiss, a motion for a counterclaim, and a motion to

remove the case to federal court—but none of those motions have been ruled upon

by the trial court.

       Generally, appeals may be taken only from final judgments or appealable

interlocutory orders, and absent such a judgment or order, we lack jurisdiction to

consider the appeal. Sabre Travel Int’l, Ltd. v. Deutsche Lufthansa AG, 567 S.W.3d 725,

730, 736 (Tex. 2019); Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001);

Johnson v. ONM Living LLC, No. 02-22-00439-CV, 2022 WL 17842142, at *1 (Tex.

App.—Fort Worth Dec. 22, 2022, no pet. h.) (per curiam) (mem. op.). Because the

trial court has not ruled on Appellant’s motions, there is no judgment or order—

much less a final judgment or an appealable order—for him to appeal.

       Accordingly, we notified Appellant of our concern that we lacked jurisdiction

over this appeal, and we warned that we would dismiss the appeal unless, within 20

days, he (or any other party) furnished us with a signed copy of the order that

Appellant seeks to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f), 44.3. More than 20

days have passed, and we have not received a response.

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       Therefore, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. Tex. R. App. P.

42.3(a), 43.2(f).

                                                    /s/ Bonnie Sudderth

                                                  Bonnie Sudderth
                                                  Chief Justice

Delivered: January 12, 2023

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