Opinion issued August 26, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-14-00367-CV
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EX PARTE WILLIAM SOLOMON LEWIS
On Appeal from the 412th Judicial District Court
Brazoria County, Texas
Trial Court Case No. 75448-CV
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On May 2, 2014, appellant William Solomon Lewis filed a notice of appeal
entitled “Direct Appeal of Court’s Refusal to Rule on the Petition for Expunction.”
The notice of appeal does not attempt to appeal an order or judgment by the trial
court; rather, the notice of appeal attempts to appeal the trial court’s failure to rule
on appellant’s petition for expunction.
On June 10, 2014, we notified appellant that we may not have jurisdiction
over this appeal because his notice of appeal did not attempt to appeal any order or
judgment by the trial court. “In terms of appellate jurisdiction, appellate courts
only have jurisdiction to review final judgments and certain interlocutory orders
identified by statute.” Ramos v. City of San Benito, No. 13–13–00228–CV, 2013
WL 2949264, at *1 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi June 13, 2013, no pet.)
(dismissing appeal for lack of jurisdiction where no order entered); see also Ican
Enterprise, Inc. v. Williamson Cnty. Appraisal Review Bd., No. 03–04–00622–CV,
2005 WL 66355, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin Jan. 12, 2005, no pet.) (“Appellants
lack an order from which to appeal, and therefore this Court lacks jurisdiction to
entertain the appeal.”).
Our June 10, 29014 notice informed appellant that the appeal would be
dismissed for want of jurisdiction unless he filed a response demonstrating that this
Court has jurisdiction over this appeal. Appellant failed to file an adequate
response. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(c).
Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R.
APP. P. 43.2(f). We dismiss any pending motions as moot
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Massengale, Brown, and Huddle.
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