Carlos A. Armenta v. TDCJ-ID

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: May 19, 2010
• Docket: 06-10-00039-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

                                                         In The

                                                Court of Appeals

                        Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

                                                ______________________________

                                                             No. 06-10-00039-CV

                                    CARLOS A. ARMENTA, Appellant

                                                                V.

                                           TDCJ–ID, ET AL., Appellee

                                      On Appeal from the 202nd Judicial District Court

                                                             Bowie County, Texas

                                                      Trial Court No. 09C1296-202

                                          Before Morriss, C.J., Carter and Moseley, JJ.

                                            Memorandum Opinion by Justice Moseley

                                                     MEMORANDUM  OPINION

            This is an appeal by Carlos A. Armenta from the trial court’s order dismissing his cause of action against defendants the Texas Department of Criminal Justice–Institutional Division, et al. 

            The order entered in this appeal, however, states that “Plaintiff’s §1983 claim of deliberate indifference against Defendant Ayers is NOT DISMISSED.”

            The general rule is that a final and appealable judgment must determine the entire controversy, disposing of all the parties and issues in a case.  Schlipf v. Exxon Corp., 644 S.W.2d 453, 454 (Tex. 1982); N. E. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Aldridge, 400 S.W.2d 893, 895 (Tex. 1966); Wagner v. Warnasch, 156 Tex. 334, 295 S.W.2d 890, 892 (1956).

            Because the trial court’s order dismissing this suit did not dispose of all defendants, it is not final, and this is an interlocutory appeal from a nonappealable judgment.  Accordingly, we dismiss Armenta’s appeal for want of jurisdiction.

                                                                        Bailey C. Moseley

                                                                        Justice

Date Submitted:          May 18, 2010

Date Decided:             May 19, 2010