Rusk Energy, Ltd. and Chalker Energy Management II, LLC v. Kim R. Smith Logging

                NO. 12-07-00141-CV

 

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

 

TWELFTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT

 

TYLER, TEXAS

 

 

RUSK ENERGY, LTD. AND          

CHALKER ENERGY           §          APPEAL FROM THE FOURTH

MANAGEMENT, II, L.L.C.

APPELLANTS

 

V.        §          JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF

 

KIM R. SMITH LOGGING,

APPELLEE   §          RUSK COUNTY, TEXAS

 

 

 


MEMORANDUM OPINION

PER CURIAM

            This appeal is being dismissed for want of jurisdiction pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.3(a).  Appellant filed a notice of appeal from an order dissolving a temporary restraining order signed by the trial court on December 15, 2006.  Under rule of appellate procedure 26.1(a), unless Appellant timely filed a postjudgment motion that extended the appellate deadlines, its notice of appeal was due to have been filed “within 30 days after the [order was] signed,”i.e., January 15, 2007.  Appellant did not file a postjudgment motion that extended the appellate deadlines.  Moreover, Appellant did not file a motion for extension of time to file its notice of appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 26.3.  Consequently, the time for perfecting Appellant’s appeal was not extended.  Tex. R. App. P. 26.1(a).  Appellant filed its notice of appeal on March 30, 2007.  Because the notice of appeal was not filed on or before January 15, 2007, this court has no jurisdiction to consider the appeal.


            On April 13, 2007, this court notified Appellant pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.3(a) that its notice of appeal was untimely.  Appellant was further informed that unless the record was amended on or before April 23, 2007 to establish the jurisdiction of this court, the appeal would be dismissed.  The deadline has now expired, and Appellant has neither responded to our notice or shown the jurisdiction of this court.

            Because this court is not authorized to extend the time for perfecting an appeal except as provided by Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 26.1 and 26.3, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).

Opinion delivered May 2, 2007.

Panel consisted of Worthen, C.J., Griffith, J., and Hoyle, J.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(PUBLISH)