Van Horn, Frederick William

Court of Appeals of Texas·Decided October 5, 2015·No. AP-77,061·Published

Opinion

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Notice: that the certificate of appellants right of appeal has been sought. At Municipal Court Docket No. E0004327 County Docket No. WRIT 1001 In The County Court At Law No. 2 Honorable Judge: A. Gene Calvert, Jr. Judge Presiding

The State Of Texas

Plaintiff,

v.

Frederick-William: Van Horn, Defendant

Appeal to the

Court Of Criminal Appeals of Texas P.O. Box 12308 Austin Texas 78711 Ph: 512 463 1551

Related Private Litigant: Respondent Attorney: DANA D. HUFFMAN Frederick-William: Van Horn T.B.N. 00792593 2334 S. Hwy. 77, 401 South Rogers Waxahachie, Texas 75165 Waxahachie Texas 75168 Phone No. 972 937 6059 Phone No. 972 713 7757

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FILED F0R REC CIN0.Y P'QLLEY ELLIS C0UNTY CLERK

Docket No. WRIT 1001. Re: Cause No: E0004327

STATE OF TEXAS: § IN THE ELLIS COUNTY §

PLAINTIFF § COURT AT LAW No. 2 §

vs. § 109 SOUTH JACKSON St.

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Frederick-William: Van Horn § WAXAHACHIE, TEXAS §

Appellant § 75165

Motion for Certification of defendants right of appeal. I am Motioning the County Court At Law No. 2 for certification of the defendants right of appeal.

As noticed on the 25th of September, I am Appealing the September 9th order of Ellis county court at law No. 2.

A petition for writ of prohibition principally: a challenge to the subject matter jurisdiction being denied on the 9th is the grounds for this appeal.

This is supposed to be an accelerated appeal. Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure: TRAP 25.2 Criminal Cases (a) Rights to appeal (2) Of the Defendant. A defendant in a criminal case has the right of appeal under Code of Criminal Procedure article 44.02 & these rules. The trial court shall enter a certification of the defendants right of appeal each time it inters a judgment .... Or other appealable order such as the order I am appealing of this court on the 9th of September Code of Criminal Procedure article 44.02 Defendant May Appeal: A defendant in any criminal action has the right of appeal under these rules here in after prescribed.

I have filed sufficient notice of the fact I am appealing & that I have agreed to pay for the clerks record & that I have specified the portion of the record I

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want. & I have paid the docketing fee to the court of criminal appeals.

I still have not heard from the clerk as to how much.

Civil Practice & Remedies Code Chapter 51. Appeals CPRC §51.014.

Appeal from interlocutory order (a) A person may appeal from an interlocutory order of a district court, county court at law, statutory probate court, or county court that: (8) Grants or denies a plea to the jurisdiction You cannot deny me equal opportunity under the law. This prosecution against me is in fact a exercise of feudal law long since bared by our constitutions & laws There is nothing criminal except the name of litigation against me yet it is still pursued & criminality in the fact that it is being continued against me even after the fact of multiple notices of fraud. The principle intent of the law is being denied me. I should not have had to go through this in the first place. It is howbeit apparent that the legislature provides that my appeal may be dismissed if I should fail to obtain a certification of the defendants right of appeal thus I am asking for one before the court of criminal appeals notes that it has not received it yet. See: Texas Rules ofAppellate Procedure: TRAP 25.2 (d)

If for some reason you disagree with my correlation of these statutory provisions provided to establish my right to appeal then consider that I am appealing a denial of a plea to the jurisdiction & denial of a plea to the jurisdiction is appealable. & the that statutory provisions are only a guide, & not absolute & cannot possibly account for every situation & that justice is the goal of the principles of law, & the law is not served by ignoring it. Justice means to make it right. How then is it right to continue this prosecution & or deny my appeal when this pursuit of this criminal prosecution is not a matter of the states right or the right of any one under color of her law to pursue in the first place .

I almost did not make the rent, all because if I don't act, you guys treat it as a waiver of my right to act & thus an acceptance obviously contrary to my clear intent of the principles of law, or you act contrary to the only proper application of

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Defendant motion for certification of the defendants right of appeal October 1st,2015 the laws & that is out of context with the principle intent of the laws. You should certify my right to appeal if you are not going to grant me relief from this criminal action.

Appeal can be taken from refusal to dismiss for lack ofjurisdiction

TEXAS RULES CIVIL TRIALS: COMMENTARIES: Ch. 3. Defendant's Response & Pleadings F. Plea to the Jurisdiction—Challenging the Court §1.2 Purpose. A plea to the jurisdiction is a procedural device used to challenge the court's subject-matter jurisdiction over a claim. Texas Dept. of Parks & Wildlife v. Miranda, 133 S.W.3d 217, 232 (Tex.2004); Bland ISD v. Blue, 34 S.W.3d 547, 554 (Tex.2000); see Heckman v. Williamson Cty., 369 S.W.3d 137, 147 (Tex.2012). Without subject-matter jurisdiction, a court does not have authority to render judgment & must dismiss the claim without resolving the parties' substantive argument. See City of Houston v. Rhule, 417 S.W.3d 440, 442-43 (Tex.2013); DaimlerChrysler Corp. v. Inman, 252 S.W.3d 299,304 (Tex.2008); Bland ISD, 34 S.W.3d at 553-54. Thus the defendant can use a plea to the jurisdiction to defeat a cause of action without regard to its merits. Mission Consol. ISD v. Garcia, 372 S.W.3d 629, 635 (Tex.2012); Bland ISD, 34 S.W.3d at 554.

§2. PLEA TO THE JURISDICTION §2.1 Form. A plea to the jurisdiction may be included in the answer or filed as a separate motion. TRCP 85. If filed as a motion, it should be captioned as a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction.

NOTE

Subject-matter jurisdiction can also be challenged in another procedural instrument, such as a traditional motion for summaryjudgment. State v.Lueck, 290 S. W. 3d 876, 884 (Tex.2009); Bland ISD v. Blue, 34 S. W.3d 547, 554 (Tex.2000); see also TDCJ v. Simons, 140 S.W.3d 338, 349 (Tex.2004)

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(interlocutory appeal under CPRC §51.014(a) (8) can be taken from refusal to dismiss for lack ofjurisdiction whether jurisdictional argument is make in plea to thejurisdiction or some other instrument).

§2.4 No deadline. There is no deadline for the plea to the jurisdiction.

Lack of subject-matter jurisdiction is fundamental error & can be raised at any time. Sivley v. Sivley, 972 S.W.2d 850, 855 (Tex.App.—Tyler 1998, no pet.).

§3.2 No Standing. A plea to the jurisdiction is proper to challenge a party's lack of standing. See M.D. Anderson Cancer Ctr. V. Novak, 52 S.W.3d 704,710-11 (Tex.2001), Issues' shouldfile notice ofappeal instead ofaskingfor permission. COMMENTARIES Ch. 3. Motions of Appeal P. Motion for Interlocutory Appeal & Stay Pending Appeal §2. INTERLOCUTORY APPEALS For an interlocutory order to be appealable, a statute or rule must specifically authorize the appeal. See Ware v. Miller, 82 S.W.3d 795, 799 (TexApp.—Amarillo 2002, pet. denied). When a statute or rule authorizes an appeal, parties do not need to file a motion to appeal an interlocutory order. Instead, they should file a notice of appeal & proceed with an accelerated appeal under the TRAPs. SeeTRAP 28.1(a).

Summary of the challenge to the subject matter jurisdiction The state has no standing to prosecute me in the first place, no grounds, & none of any other kind of right to prosecute me, I am not liable or subject to their interests.

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