COURT OF APPEALS
EIGHTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
EL PASO, TEXAS
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JJW, L.L.C., No. 08-16-00051-CV
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Appellant, Appeal from
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v. 205th District Court
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ANTONIO AGUIRRE, of Culberson County, Texas
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Appellee. (TC # 5291)
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Pending before the Court are motions by both Appellant and Appellee requesting that we
dismiss the appeal because the trial court has granted a motion for new trial. We grant the
motions and dismiss the appeal as moot.
It is well established that a court is prohibited from deciding moot controversies.
National Collegiate Athletic Association v. Jones, 1 S.W.3d 83, 86 (Tex. 1999). A case is moot
if a justiciable controversy ceases to exist at any stage of the legal proceedings, including the
appeal. In re Kellogg Brown & Root, Inc., 166 S.W.3d 732, 737 (Tex. 2005). The trial court’s
order granting the motion for new trial has rendered this appeal moot. Consequently, we grant
the motions and dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. The District Clerk’s request for an
extension of time to file the record is denied as moot.
July 6, 2016
ANN CRAWFORD McCLURE, Chief Justice
Before McClure, C.J., Rodriguez, and Hughes, JJ.