Stephanie D. Ballenger and Jeffery Damon West v. World Business Lenders, LLC

• Court: Court of Appeals of Texas
• Decided: August 21, 2025
• Docket: 09-25-00253-CV
• Status: Published

Opinion

In The

Court of Appeals

Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

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NO. 09-25-00253-CV __________________

STEPHANIE D. BALLENGER AND JEFFERY DAMON WEST, Appellants

V.

WORLD BUSINESS LENDERS, LLC, Appellee

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On Appeal from the 457th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 25-05-08406 __________________________________________________________________

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Stephanie D. Ballenger and Jeffery Damon West filed a notice of accelerated

appeal on June 25, 2025. According to information provided by the District Clerk,

neither a judgment nor an appealable order has been signed by the trial court. In a

notice issued by the Clerk of the Court, we questioned our jurisdiction and directed

the parties to identify the statute or rule authorizing an appeal at this time in written

replies filed by July 30, 2025. The Clerk’s notice warned the parties that the appeal

would be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction without further notice unless our

1 jurisdiction over the appeal was established. None of the parties responded to the

Clerk’s notice. No party requested additional time to obtain a signed appealable

order.

Generally, in civil cases appellate courts review only final judgments and

interlocutory orders specifically made appealable by statute. Lehmann v. Har-Con

Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). An appeal from an interlocutory order may

proceed as an accelerated appeal “when allowed by statute[.]” See Tex. R. App. P.

28.1. We dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See id. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on August 20, 2025 Opinion Delivered August 21, 2025

Before Johnson, Wright and Chambers, JJ.