Order entered October 13, 2014
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-14-00844-CV
JAMES BELL MCCOY, Appellant
V.
CRAIG WATKINS, ET AL., Appellees
On Appeal from the 44th Judicial District Court
Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-13-13955-B
ORDER
Before Chief Justice Wright and Justices Lang-Miers and Brown
In response to this Court’s letter questioning its jurisdiction over the appeal because
appellant’s claims against Bill Hill, an unserved defendant, appeared to remain pending,
appellant filed a jurisdictional brief. The Court has reviewed appellant’s jurisdictional brief and
his amended notice of appeal. Appellant has indicated that he does not expect that Bill Hill will
ever be served. Accordingly, the case stands as if there has been a discontinuance as to Bill Hill,
and the judgment is regarded as final for purposes of appeal. See Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co.
v. Penn, 363 S.W.2d 230, 232 (Tex. 1962).
Appellant’s brief is due thirty days from the date of this order.
/s/ ELIZABETH LANG-MIERS
JUSTICE