Marcus Blalock v. James Polk

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 10th District (Waco)
• Decided: March 19, 2026
• Docket: 10-26-00068-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Court of Appeals Tenth Appellate District of Texas

10-26-00068-CV

Marcus Blalock, Appellant

v.

James Polk, Appellee

On appeal from the County Court at Law of Navarro County, Texas Senior Judge H. D. Black Jr., presiding Trial Court Cause No. C24-32228-CV

JUSTICE HARRIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant, Marcus Blalock, appealed from a judgment signed by the trial

court on September 26, 2025. Blalock filed a motion to reconsider in the trial

court on October 21, 2025, which was overruled by operation of law. Blalock

filed a notice of appeal in the trial court on February 20, 2026. Blalock was

notified by letter from the Clerk of this Court that the notice of appeal appears

to be untimely and that the appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction if Blalock did not show grounds for continuing the appeal. Blalock has filed a

response showing that he was attempting to get a hearing from the trial court

but a hearing was never set until he found out that the motion had been

overruled by operation of law.

A notice of appeal must be filed within 90 days after the judgment is

signed when a motion to modify the judgment is timely filed. TEX. R. APP. P.

26.1(a). The deadline for filing a notice of appeal may be extended if a motion

is filed to extend the deadline within 15 days of the deadline to file a notice of

appeal. TEX. R. APP. P. 26.3. Beyond that time, the notice of appeal is

untimely, and this Court is without jurisdiction to consider it.

In this appeal, the notice of appeal was due on December 29, 2025, due

to holidays and weekends. The notice of appeal was filed almost two months

later, and was therefore, untimely. Accordingly, this Court does not have

jurisdiction and this appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

LEE HARRIS Justice

OPINION DELIVERED and FILED: March 19, 2026 Before Chief Justice Johnson, Justice Smith, and Justice Harris Appeal dismissed CV06

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