In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-21-00047-CV
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JOE ERVIN LOCKRIDGE, Appellant
V.
STEPHANIE MARTIN, Appellee
On Appeal from the 431st District Court
Denton County, Texas
Trial Court No. 20-7122-431
Before Sudderth, C.J.; Kerr and Walker, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice Walker
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Joe Ervin Lockridge attempts to appeal from the trial court’s order
granting appellee Stephanie Martin’s motion to transfer venue. Because we do not
have jurisdiction over Lockridge’s attempted appeal, we dismiss.
Lockridge filed suit against, among others, Martin in her official capacity as a
Dallas County assistant district attorney, raising multiple tort claims. Martin moved to
transfer venue of Lockridge’s claims against her to Dallas County because his claims
were against a governmental entity—an assistant district attorney in her official
capacity—setting mandatory venue in Dallas County. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem.
Code Ann. § 15.015. The trial court granted the motion to transfer venue. Lockridge
filed a notice of appeal from the order.
We have jurisdiction to consider appeals only from final judgments or from
interlocutory orders made immediately appealable by statute. See Lehmann v. Har-Con
Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). The trial court’s venue order was not a final
judgment, and a ruling on a motion to transfer venue is not subject to interlocutory
appeal.1 See Tex. R. Civ. P. 87(6).
We notified Lockridge that we questioned our jurisdiction over his appeal and
gave him an opportunity to show grounds to continue it. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3,
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Lockridge’s suit does not involve multiple plaintiffs, which would permit an
interlocutory appeal under certain circumstances. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code
Ann. § 15.003(b).
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44.3. Lockridge responded but did not establish jurisdictional grounds supporting his
appeal. Accordingly, we dismiss Lockridge’s appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex.
R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
/s/ Brian Walker
Brian Walker
Justice
Delivered: April 15, 2021
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