Estella Guerrero, Maria Paz, Ricardo Perez, and Mary F. Cavazos v. Donna Independent School District

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 21, 2025
• Docket: 13-25-00379-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

NUMBER 13-25-00379-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

ESTELLA GUERRERO, MARIA PAZ, RICARDO PEREZ, AND MARY F. CAVAZOS, Appellants,

v.

DONNA INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee.

ON APPEAL FROM THE 464TH DISTRICT COURT OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices West and Cron Memorandum Opinion by Justice West

This cause is before the Court on its own motion. On July 16, 2025, appellants

filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal an order denying movants’ motion for

reconsideration and motion for new trial in trial court cause number C-2625-20-L. On July 28, 2025, the Clerk of the Court notified appellants that it appears the order appellants

were attempting to appeal is unappealable. Appellants were further notified that if the

defect was not cured within ten days, the appeal would be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP.

P. 42.3. Appellants have failed to cure the defect or otherwise respond to the notice.

Upon review of the documents before us, we are of the opinion that the order

appellants attempted to appeal is unappealable, and appellants have failed to correct the

defect. Absent an appealable interlocutory order or final judgment, this Court has no

jurisdiction over this appeal. See Ogletree v. Matthews, 262 W.S.3d 316, 319 n. 1 (Tex.

2007); Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 205 (Tex. 2001). Having considered

the documents on file and appellants’ failure to correct the jurisdictional defect in this

matter, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

JON WEST Justice

Delivered and filed on the 21st day of August, 2025.