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Date Created: 2023-09-06 06:10:09.14912+00
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DISMISS and Opinion Filed August 30, 2023

                                    S  In The
                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                               No. 05-23-00596-CV

                  RODNEY B. ALLEN, Appellant
                             V.
     PR GENESIS KATY LP D/B/A THE KATY VICTORY PARK,
    MANDY ZAPATA A/K/A AMANDA ZAPATA, LINDSEY NEFF,
    GUGV VICTORY PARK DALLAS PROPERTY OWNING LLC,
     SHERI FANOUS, LAUREN BROWN, PHILLIP HARDAWAY,
       I & G DIRECT REAL ESTATE 44, LP, GEE FERRARRI,
  MICHAEL HUNT, APRIL DEMPSEY, AND RACHEL COLE, Appellees

               On Appeal from the 298th Judicial District Court
                            Dallas County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause No. DC-21-17509

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
      Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Pedersen, III, and Justice Goldstein
                         Opinion by Chief Justice Burns
      The Court questioned its jurisdiction over this appeal because there did not

appear to be a final judgment or appealable interlocutory order. See Lehmann v.

Har–Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001) (generally appellate courts have

jurisdiction over final judgments and certain interlocutory orders as permitted by

statute); see also TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a) (listing

appealable interlocutory orders). A final judgment is one that disposes of all parties
and claims. See Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 195. We directed appellant to file a letter

brief addressing the jurisdictional issue.

      Appellant appeals from the trial court’s June 2, 2023 order granting

summary judgment for some but not all of the defendants. Appellant’s claims

against the non-moving defendants remain pending. In his jurisdictional brief,

appellant appears to acknowledge the order is not appealable by stating that he

filed the notice of appeal “reserving his rights to appeal the Judge’s decision at the

appropriate time.” Accordingly, on the record before us, we dismiss the appeal for

want of jurisdiction. See id.; see also TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

                                                   /Robert D. Burns, III/
                                                   ROBERT D. BURNS, III
                                                   CHIEF JUSTICE

230596F.P05

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                                   S
                          Court of Appeals
                   Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                               JUDGMENT

RODNEY B. ALLEN, Appellant               On Appeal from the 298th Judicial
                                         District Court, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-23-00596-CV       V.              Trial Court Cause No. DC-21-17509.
                                         Opinion delivered by Chief Justice
PR GENESIS KATY LP D/B/A THE             Burns. Justices Pedersen, III and
KATY VICTORY PARK,                       Goldstein participating.
MANDY ZAPATA A/K/A
AMANDA ZAPATA, LINDSEY
NEFF, GUGV VICTORY PARK
DALLAS PROPERTY OWNING
LLC, SHERI FANOUS, LAUREN
BROWN, PHILLIP HARDAWAY,
I & G DIRECT REAL ESTATE 44,

LP, GEE FERRARRI, MICHAEL
HUNT, APRIL DEMPSEY, AND
RACHEL COLE, Appellees

    In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is
DISMISSED.

Judgment entered August 30, 2023

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