Ross Thomas Brantley v. the State of Texas

Opinion

In the

Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth

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No. 02-26-00029-CR

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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Do Not Publish Tex.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).