Cesar De Leon v. Brownsville GMS, Ltd. and Michael Bennett

Opinion

NUMBER 13-19-00393-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

____________________________________________________________ CESAR DE LEON, CITY OF BROWNSVILLE, TEXAS, TONY MARTINEZ, ROSE Z. GOWEN, RICARDO LONGORIA JR., JOEL MUNGUIA, BEN NEECE AND JESSICA TETREAU IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES ONLY, Appellants,

v.

BROWNSVILLE GMS, LTD. AND MICHAEL BENNETT, Appellees. ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 445th District Court of Cameron County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________

ORDER Before Justices Benavides, Longoria, and Perkes Per Curiam Order Appellants the City of Brownsville, Tony Martinez, Rose M.Z. Gowen, Ricardo

Longoria, Jr., Jessica Tretreau, Joel Mungia, and Ben Neece (collectively the City) filed

this interlocutory appeal from the trial court’s alleged denial of the City’s plea to the

jurisdiction.1 Cesar De Leon filed an appeal from the trial court’s denial of his motion to

dismiss the individual claims against him in this cause, No. 13-19-00393-CV. To avoid

confusion, the Court severs the City of Brownsville and the commission members’ appeal

from DeLeon’s appeal of the separate order and assigns the City of Brownsville’s appeal

to Cause No. 13-19-00467-CV.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Delivered and filed the 27th day of September, 2019.

1 The City of Brownsville separately perfected an appeal from the trial court’s grant of a temporary injunction to Brownsville GMS in Cause No. 13-19-00311-CV. Cesar De Leon separately filed an appeal from the trial court’s denial of his motion to dismiss the individual claims against him in this cause, No. 13- 19-00393-CV. DeLeon’s appeal is not the subject of this order.