Court Opinion

ID: 4677826
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-04-16 06:16:50.835376+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:12:21.281699
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In The

                                Court of Appeals

                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

                               __________________

                               NO. 09-21-00020-CV
                               __________________

                       MAURICE MITCHELL, Appellant

                                         V.

   TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INSTITUTIONAL
         DIVISION AND THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellees

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                On Appeal from the 411th District Court
                         Polk County, Texas
                      Trial Cause No. CIV32384
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

       Appellant Maurice Mitchell filed a notice of interlocutory appeal, in which

he states that the defendants failed to respond to his motion for summary judgment.

The information from the District Clerk indicates that the trial court has not yet

signed an appealable order.

      On February 1, 2021, we questioned our jurisdiction over the appeal and

instructed the parties to file written responses identifying the particular statute or

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rule authorizing an interlocutory appeal by February 22, 2021. In the same letter, we

warned the parties that we would dismiss the appeal unless our jurisdiction is

established.

      Appellant filed a response, but he failed to identify a signed order by the trial

court that is appealable at this time. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014;

Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.

See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

                                                         PER CURIAM

Submitted on April 14, 2021
Opinion Delivered April 15, 2021

Before Golemon, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.

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