Ross Thomas Brantley v. the State of Texas

• Court: Texas Court of Appeals, 2nd District (Fort Worth)
• Decided: April 16, 2026
• Docket: 02-26-00029-CR
• Status: Published

Opinion

In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________

No. 02-26-00029-CR ___________________________

ROSS THOMAS BRANTLEY, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS

On Appeal from Criminal District Court No. 1 Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 1609793

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

Appellant Ross Thomas Brantley, acting pro se, attempts to appeal from the

trial court’s alleged “denial of his DNA 64.01 Motion request.”1 But there is no

signed order denying his request.2

We notified Brantley of our concern that we lack jurisdiction over his appeal

and warned that we could dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction unless, within

ten days, he or any other party showed grounds for continuing it. See Tex. R. App. P.

43.2(f), 44.3. More than ten days have passed, and we have received no response.

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P.

43.2(f); Calton v. State, No. 02-13-00460-CR, 2014 WL 584940, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort

Worth Feb. 13, 2014, no pet.) (per curium) (mem. op., not designated for publication)

(dismissing appeal for want of jurisdiction when order denying postconviction motion

for DNA testing did not exist).

/s/ Brian Walker Brian Walker Justice

Do Not Publish Tex. R. App. P. 47.2(b)

Delivered: April 16, 2026

1 The order attached to Brantley’s notice of appeal is unsigned by the trial court. 2 The trial court clerk informed this court that the trial court has not signed any order denying Brantley’s request for DNA testing, so there does not appear to be any written, signed order from which to appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.2(a).