Patrick Minor v. Kentucky Fried Chicken

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)
• Decided: April 15, 2026
• Docket: 04-26-00136-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

Fourth Court of Appeals San Antonio, Texas MEMORANDUM OPINION No. 04-26-00136-CV

Patrick MINOR, Appellant

v.

KENTUCKY FRIED CHICKEN, Appellee

From the 407th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas Trial Court No. 2025-CI-24851 Honorable Mary Lou Alvarez, Judge Presiding

PER CURIAM

Sitting: Rebeca C. Martinez, Chief Justice H. Todd McCray, Justice Velia J. Meza, Justice

Delivered and Filed: April 15, 2026

DISMISSED FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION

Patrick Minor challenges the trial court’s denial of his motion for default judgment.

Ordinarily, the denial of a default judgment is an interlocutory order and not subject to appeal. See

TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 51.014(a); Aguilar v. Livingston, 154 S.W.3d 832, 833 (Tex. App.

Houston [14th Dist.] 2005, no pet.). Such an order may be appealed only after the entry of a final

judgment in the underlying proceeding. See Samuels v. Tex. Workforce Comm’n, No. 04-25-00063-

CV, 2025 WL 984588 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Apr. 2, 2025, no pet.); S. Pioneer Prop. & Cas. 04-26-00136-CV

Ins. Co. v. Wilson, No. 01-17-00444-CV, 2018 WL 3384558, at *3 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st

Dist.] July 12, 2018, no pet.).

We therefore ordered Minor to show cause why this appeal should not be dismissed for

lack of jurisdiction. Minor has not responded. Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for lack of

jurisdiction. See id.; TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3.

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