Dominique Taylor v. Angela Faye Brown & Associates, PLLC. and Angela Faye Brown

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 1st District (Houston)
• Decided: June 23, 2026
• Docket: 01-26-00418-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Opinion issued June 23, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00418-CV ——————————— DOMINIQUE TAYLOR, Appellant V. ANGELA FAYE BROWN & ASSOCIATES, PLLC AND ANGELA FAYE BROWN, Appellees

On Appeal from the 215th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 2024-13521

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant filed his notice of appeal on April 21, 2026, seeking to appeal the

trial court’s order signed 140 days earlier, on December 2, 2025, dismissing his case.

The Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure require a notice of appeal to be filed within

30 days after the final judgment is signed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1. This deadline may be extended for 90 days if certain post-judgment motions are timely filed. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(a). The deadline for filing may also be extended by the filing

of a motion for extension. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3. “[A] timely

filed notice of appeal confers jurisdiction on this court, and absent a timely

filed notice of appeal, we must dismiss this appeal.” Campbell v. Leal, No. 04-12-

00654-CV, 2012 WL 5874622, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Nov. 21, 2012, no

pet.) (mem. op.) (internal citation omitted).

We notified Appellant that his case was subject to dismissal. Appellant

responded that we should construe his appeal as challenging the March 25, 2026

order denying his motion to reinstate and motion for new trial, which he asserts was

signed less than 30 days prior to the appeal. But we have no authority to do so. This

Court’s jurisdiction is statutorily limited to appeals from final judgments and certain

interlocutory orders specified by statute. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d

191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Denials of motions to reinstate or motions for new trial are

not appealable as interlocutory. See Rovin v. Allstate Fire & Cas. Ins. Co., No. 14-

22-00746-CV, 2023 WL 1988300 (Tex. App.-Houston [14th Dist.] Feb. 14, 2023,

no pet.). Although motions to reinstate and motions for new trial extend the ordinary

deadline to file a notice of appeal, they extend it only to 90 days after the signing of

the original final judgment—not, as Appellant would have us hold, to 30 days after

the order denying the motion. See TEX. R. APP. 26.1(a).

2 Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. 42.3(a). We dismiss

any other pending motions as moot.

PER CURIAM

Panel consists of Justices Chief Adams and Justice Rivas-Molloy and Guiney.