Armando Ramos, Sr. v. Dr. Ian Richardson and Valley Baptist Medical Center

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: February 9, 2006
• Docket: 13-05-00204-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

                         COURT OF APPEALS

               THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                  CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

NUMBER 13-05-204-CV

ARMANDO RAMOS, SR. ET AL.,                               Appellants,

                                           v.

DR. IAN RICHARDSON,                                              Appellee.

NUMBER 13-05-205-CV

ARMANDO RAMOS, SR. ET AL.,                               Appellants,

VALLEY BAPTIST MEDICAL CENTER, ET AL.                Appellees.

                  On appeal from the 404th District Court

                          of Cameron County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

                     Before Justices Hinojosa, Yañez, and Castillo

                        Memorandum Opinion by Justice Castillo

On February 17, 2005, the trial court entered an order dismissing these lawsuits for noncompliance with statutory requisites of section 74.351 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code.  See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. _ 74.351 (Vernon Supp. 2005).  The orders became final on March 19, 2005.  The notices of appeal were filed on March 22, 2005, which did not occur within the plenary thirty-day period after entering judgment.  Tex. R. Civ. P. 329b(d); Tex. R. App. P.  26.1(a)(1),(3); Bd. of Trustees v. Toungate, 958 S.W.2d 365, 367 (Tex. 1997).  The trial court's plenary jurisdiction expired.  In re Garcia, 94 S.W.3d 832, 833‑34 (Tex. App.BCorpus Christi  2002, orig. proceeding).  Therefore, the order appealed from is final and unappealable.  Toungate, 958 S.W.2d at 367.  Judicial action taken after a trial court's jurisdiction over a cause has expired is a nullity.  State ex rel. Latty v. Owens, 907 S.W.2d 484, 486 (Tex. 1995) (per curiam).  Our jurisdiction extends no further than that of the court from which the appeal is taken.  Mills v. Warner‑Lambert Co., 157 S.W.3d 424, 426 (Tex. 2005) (per curiam) (citing Pearson v. State, 315 S.W.2d 935, 938 (Tex. 1958)); Nabejas v. Tex. Dep't of Pub. Safety, 972 S.W.2d 875, 876 (Tex. App.BCorpus Christi 1998, no pet.).  Accordingly, we conclude that we have no jurisdiction to consider these appeals.  Id.  We dismiss the appeals for want of jurisdiction.                                                                                                                                                                                                ERRLINDA CASTILLO

Justice

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed

this 9th day of February, 2006.