Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-27 08:09:25.678447+00
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In the
        Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
         at Fort Worth
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           No. 02-23-00281-CR
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        Ex parte David Mason Scott

   On Appeal from the 362nd District Court
           Denton County, Texas
       Trial Court No. F23-2654-362

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

      Appellant David Mason Scott attempts to appeal from a docket entry noting

the denial of his requested habeas relief. Although an order denying pretrial habeas

relief is immediately appealable, see Ex parte Sheffield, No. PD-1102-20, 2023 WL

4092747, at *11 (Tex. Crim. App. June 21, 2023), “to be appealable, the order denying

relief must be a signed written order.” Ex Parte Fry, No. 07-12-00156-CR, 2012 WL

1694362, at *1 (Tex. App.—Amarillo May 15, 2012, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.,

not designated for publication). “[A] docket entry, even one signed by the trial judge,

is not an appealable written order.” Ex parte Salim, Nos. 02-19-00009-CR, 02-19-

00010-CR, 2019 WL 490516, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Feb. 7, 2019, no pet.)

(per curiam) (mem. op., not designated for publication).

      Because we have not received and Appellant has not referenced a written order

denying his requested habeas relief, and because such an order is necessary for us to

obtain jurisdiction, see id., we warned Appellant that we could dismiss his appeal for

want of jurisdiction unless, within ten days, Appellant or any other party showed

grounds for continuing it. See Tex. R. App. P. 44.3. More than ten days have passed,

and we have not received a response.

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

43.2(f); Salim, 2019 WL 490516, at *1 (dismissing similar appeals from docket entries

denying habeas relief); Ex parte Wiley, 949 S.W.2d 3, 4 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1996,

no writ) (same).

                                                      /s/ Bonnie Sudderth

                                                    Bonnie Sudderth
                                                    Chief Justice

Do Not Publish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

Delivered: November 22, 2023

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