James Zou v. JP Chase Bank N A

Opinion

Opinion issued July 28, 2026

In The

Court of Appeals For The

First District of Texas ———————————— NO. 01-26-00244-CV ——————————— JAMES ZOU, Appellant V. TODD GARRETT DBA RAPID RESPONSE JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT; TRAVIS B. BARGO, COURT-APPOINTED RECEIVER; EVE ZOU; JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; AND THE AHN LAW FIRM, Appellees

On Appeal from the 133rd District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Case No. 2011-75656A

MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant James Zou1 has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal. Appellant

states that appellee Todd Garrett is agreed to the motion. No other appellee has filed

a response opposing the motion.

Accordingly, the motion is granted and the appeal is dismissed. See TEX. R.

APP. P. 42.1(a), 43.2(f). Any other pending motions are dismissed as moot.

Panel consists of Justices Guerra, Gunn, and Morgan.

1 The notice of appeal also includes Yan Z. Zou as an appellant, but Yan Z. Zou is not a party to the case below and is not mentioned in the judgment. Only named parties may appeal a judgment. See BASF Fina Petrochemicals Ltd. P’ship v. B.B. Zachary Co., 168 S.W.3d 867, 870 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] 2004, pet. denied). Although we find that Yan Z. Zour is not a party to this appeal, she is not without a remedy as she sought mandamus relief. See In re Zou, No. 01-26-00247- CV, 2026 WL 1216771 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] May 5, 2026, orig. proceeding); Terrazas v. Ramirez, 829 S.W.2d 712, 723 (Tex. 1991). In the notice of appeal, both James Zou and Yan Z. Zou indicated an intent to file a petition for mandamus, which they did. See In re Zou, 2026 WL 1216771. 2