Jerald H. Miller Jr. v. Tarrant County Appraisal District

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: December 5, 2024
• Docket: 02-24-00478-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-24-00478-CV ___________________________

JERALD H. MILLER JR., Appellant

V.

TARRANT COUNTY APPRAISAL DISTRICT, Appellee

On Appeal from the 141st District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 141-329967-21

Before Sudderth, C.J.; Kerr and Birdwell, JJ. Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Sudderth MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant Jerald H. Miller Jr. attempts to appeal from a trial court order

denying his motion for recusal. See generally Tex. R. Civ. P. 18a. But “[a]n order

denying a motion to recuse may be reviewed only . . . on appeal from the final

judgment,” Tex. R. Civ. P. 18a(j)(1)(A), and no final judgment has been entered.

Because our appellate jurisdiction is limited to the review of final judgments

and immediately appealable interlocutory orders, see In re Lakeside Resort JV, LLC, 689

S.W.3d 916, 920 (Tex. 2024) (orig. proceeding); Miller v. Martinez, No. 02-24-00223-

CV, 2024 WL 3195131, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth June 27, 2024, no pet.) (per

curiam) (mem. op.), we notified Miller of our concern that we lacked jurisdiction over

his appeal. We warned that we could dismiss the appeal unless, within ten days, Miller

(or any other party) showed grounds for continuing it. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a),

44.3. More than ten days have passed, and we have not received a response.

Accordingly, we dismiss Miller’s attempted appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f); see Miller, 2024 WL 3195131, at *1 (dismissing

attempted interlocutory appeal from order denying recusal motion).

/s/ Bonnie Sudderth

Bonnie Sudderth Chief Justice Delivered: December 5, 2024