Saveng Bounnharith v. State

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: October 15, 2015
• Docket: 09-15-00362-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ________________

NO. 09-15-00362-CV ________________

SAVENG BOUNNHARITH, Appellant

V.

THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee __________________________________________________________________

On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. 123,859 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Saveng Bounnharith appeals from an animal cruelty seizure proceeding

brought pursuant to chapter 821 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, in which the

justice court ordered the seizure of chickens owned by Bounnharith. Bounnharith

appealed the seizure to the County Court at Law No. 1, then filed a notice of

appeal with this Court after the County Court at Law’s adverse ruling. See Tex.

Health & Safety Code Ann. § 821.025(a) (West Supp. 2014). Section 821.025(e) of

the Health and Safety Code states that “[t]he decision of the county court or county

1 court at law under this section is final and may not be further appealed.” Id. §

821.025(e).

The State filed a motion to dismiss, in which the State argues that this Court

lacks jurisdiction. We notified the parties that the State had filed a motion to

dismiss and that appellant could file a response. Bounnharith filed responses but

failed to demonstrate that this Court has jurisdiction. Accordingly, we dismiss the

appeal for want of jurisdiction. See id.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

______________________________ STEVE McKEITHEN Chief Justice

Submitted on October 14, 2015 Opinion Delivered October 15, 2015

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.