in Re Commitment of Raymond Glenn Scott

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: March 10, 2022
• Docket: 09-22-00038-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-22-00038-CV __________________

IN RE COMMITMENT OF RAYMOND GLENN SCOTT

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On Appeal from the 435th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 11-06-06579-CV __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Raymond Glenn Scott filed a notice of appeal from a post-judgment civil

commitment order denying Scott’s request to be transferred to less restrictive

housing. On February 9, 2022, we advised the parties, by letter, that the order does

not appear to be appealable. We asked the parties to respond to our jurisdictional

inquiry by providing us with any rule or statute they claimed could be applied to

Scott’s appeal and explain how those provisions, if any, gave this Court jurisdiction

to consider an appeal of the order. In response, Scott asked the Court to allow the

appeal to proceed as a permissive appeal. See generally Tex. R. App. P. 28.3.

1 While 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-commitment case becomes

final. See In re Commitment of Welsh, No. 09-21-00139-CV, 2021 WL 2583422, at

*1 (Tex. App.—Beaumont June 24, 2021, no pet.) (mem. op.); In re Commitment of

Bohannan, No. 09-20-00260-CV, 2021 WL 1134307, at *1 (Tex. App.—Beaumont

Mar. 25, 2021, pet. denied) (mem. op.). This matter also does not comply with the

requirements for a permissive appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3.

We deny Scott’s motion and dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See

Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on March 9, 2022 Opinion Delivered March 10, 2022

Before Golemon, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.