NUMBER 13-18-00490-CV
COURT OF APPEALS
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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JULIO CESAR RAMIREZ, Appellant,
v.
JAIME CRISTOBAL RAMIREZ, Appellee.
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On appeal from the 445th District Court
of Cameron County, Texas.
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Longoria and Hinojosa
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Longoria
Appellant, Julio Cesar Ramirez attempted to perfect an appeal from an order
signed on May 11, 2018, in cause no. 2014-DCL-3821-I. Upon review of the documents
before the Court, it appeared that there was no final, appealable judgment dated May 11,
2018. On September 10, 2018, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant of this defect so
that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be done. See TEX. R. APP. P.
37.1, 42.3. Appellant was advised that, if the defect was not corrected within ten days
from the date of receipt of the notice, the appeal would be dismissed for want of
jurisdiction. Appellant failed to respond to the Court’s notice.
The Cameron County Clerk’s Office has informed this Court that no judgment was
entered on May 11, 2018. In terms of appellate jurisdiction, appellate courts only have
jurisdiction to review final judgments and certain interlocutory orders identified by statute.
Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001).
The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant's failure to
correct the defect in this matter, is of the opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for
want of jurisdiction. Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF
JURISDICTION. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a),(c).
NORA L. LONGORIA
Justice
Delivered and filed the
25th day of October, 2018.
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