in Re Commitment of Martin Guadalupe Lujan

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: April 21, 2022
• Docket: 09-22-00047-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-22-00047-CV __________________

IN RE COMMITMENT OF MARTIN GUADALUPE LUJAN

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On Appeal from the 435th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 13-10-10750-CV __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Martin Guadalupe Lujan appealed from an order denying the petition he filed

in the 435th District Court seeking to be transferred to less restrictive housing. In

March 2022, the State moved to dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction. Lujan

failed to respond to the State’s motion.

We conclude we do not have jurisdiction over Lujan’s appeal. As the Court

noted in In re Commitment of Scott, “[w]hile the trial court retains jurisdiction during

the periods that a civil commitment judgment remains in effect, we lack appellate

jurisdiction over interlocutory orders signed after the judgment in the civil-

1 commitment case becomes final.” No. 09-22-00038-CV, 2022 WL 710205, at *1

(Tex. App.—Beaumont Mar. 10, 2022, no pet. h.) (mem. op.).

Because we lack jurisdiction, we grant the State’s motion and dismiss the

appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMSSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on April 20, 2022 Opinion Delivered April 21, 2022

Before Kreger, Horton and Johnson, JJ.