Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2014-11-20 08:08:34.575131+00
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NUMBER 13-14-00541-CV

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
____________________________________________________________

FRANKLIN JONES,                                                            Appellant,

                                          v.

TRINA L. VELASQUEZ,                                 Appellee.
____________________________________________________________

             On Appeal from the 343rd District Court
                     of Bee County, Texas.
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
              Before Justices Rodriguez, Benavides, and Perkes
                      Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Franklin Jones, filed a motion for leave to file notice of appeal,

attempting to perfect an appeal from a judgment entered in cause no. B-12-1304-CV-C.

Upon review of the documents before the Court, it appeared that there is no appealable

order or judgment. On September 23, 2014, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant of

this defect so that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be done. See
TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 42.3. Appellant was advised that, if the defect was not corrected

within ten days from the date of receipt of the notice, the appeal would be dismissed for

want of jurisdiction.   Appellant responded to the Court’s notice by requesting an

extension of time to cure the defect. This Court granted appellant until November 5,

2014 to cure the defect. Appellant has failed to respond.

      In terms of appellate jurisdiction, appellate courts only have jurisdiction to review

final judgments and certain interlocutory orders identified by statute. Lehmann v. Har-

Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Because there is no final judgment or order

subject to appeal, the notice of appeal is premature. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1, 27.1(a).

      Appellant has not demonstrated that an appealable order or judgment has been

signed. Accordingly, appellant’s motion for leave to file notice of appeal is DENIED and

the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

                                                              PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the 20th
day of November, 2014.

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