D. A. B. v. State

Opinion

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-15-00086-CV

D. A. B., Appellant

v.

The State of Texas, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF LAMPASAS COUNTY, 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 19,340, HONORABLE JOE CARROLL, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant D.A.B. has filed a pro se notice of appeal in the above cause, which involves a petition for expunction that he filed in the court below. However, it appears from the record that the district court never entered a final judgment or order on the petition. Accordingly, we notified D.A.B. that this Court’s jurisdiction is limited to the review of final judgments and certain interlocutory orders and asked him to file a response explaining why this Court has jurisdiction in this appeal.1 In response, D.A.B. has filed with this Court a letter that he mailed to the district court below, inquiring as to the status of his petition. The letter contains a notation by the district court indicating that D.A.B.’s “pleadings [are] inadequate,” without further explanation. Such a notation is not sufficient to demonstrate that we have jurisdiction here. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

1 See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code §§ 51.012, .014.

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Bob Pemberton, Justice

Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Field Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: August 31, 2015