DISMISS; and Opinion Filed May 21, 2019.
In The
Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
No. 05-18-01359-CV
JEFFREY LONGINO, Appellant
V.
HPA TEXAS SUB 2018-1 LLC C/O PATHLIGHT PROPERTY MGT, Appellee
On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5
Collin County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 005-03013-2018
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Justices Schenck, Osborne, and Reichek
Opinion by Justice Schenck
This is an appeal from the county court’s order in a forcible detainer action awarding
appellee possession of appellant’s residence. A review of the record revealed that, following the
filing of the appeal, a writ of possession was served and the property was turned over to appellee.
Because an appeal in a forcible detainer action generally becomes moot when the appellant no
longer has possession of the property, we questioned our jurisdiction over the appeal. See Olley
v. HVM, LLC, 449 S.W.3d 572, 575 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] 2014, pet. denied). We
directed appellant to file, within ten days, a letter brief addressing our concern and cautioned
appellant that failure to comply could result in dismissal of the appeal without further notice. See
TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a). More than ten days have passed, but appellant has not responded.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See id.; Olley, 449 S.W.3d at 575.
/David J. Schenck/
DAVID J. SCHENCK
JUSTICE
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Court of Appeals
Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
JUDGMENT
JEFFREY LONGINO, Appellant On Appeal from the County Court at Law
No. 5, Collin County, Texas
No. 05-18-01359-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. 005-03013-2018.
Opinion delivered by Justice Schenck,
HPA TEXAS SUB 2018-1 LLC C/O Justices Osborne and Reichek participating.
PATHLIGHT PROPERTY MGT, Appellee
In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, we DISMISS the appeal.
We ORDER appellee HPA Texas Sub 2018-1 LLC c/o Pathlight Property Mgt recover its
costs, if any, of this appeal from appellant Jeffrey Longino.
Judgment entered this 21st day of May 2019.
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