Opinion
No. 05-19-00800-CV
08-21-2019
THOMAS T. HEADEN III, Appellant v. GEOFFREY BERG, ABUNDANT LIFE THERAPEUTIC SERVICES TEXAS, LLC, ABUNDANT LIFE THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, LLC, SS OF MA, LLC, BLACKWISE, LLC, EVOLVE OUTREACH TEXAS LLC, PRESIDIUM PRIME, LLC, JASON RYAN FORD, MELVIN ANDERSON, AND LANCE TAYLOR, Appellees
On Appeal from the 68th Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-18-15576
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Molberg, and Justice Nowell
Opinion by Chief Justice Burns
Appellant sued fifteen defendants. Appellees, ten of those defendants, filed a motion to dismiss pursuant to the Texas Citizens Participation Act (TCPA). See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 27.003. Appellant appeals from the trial court's June 11, 2019 order, granting that motion in part. Generally, this Court has jurisdiction over final judgments and certain interlocutory orders as permitted by statute. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). A party may appeal only from an interlocutory order that denies a TCPA motion. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)(12). Because the appealed order does not dispose of all parties and claims and is not otherwise subject to an interlocutory appeal, the Court questioned its jurisdiction over this appeal and instructed appellant to file a letter brief addressing our concern with an opportunity for appellees to respond. Although, appellant did not comply, appellees filed a letter brief agreeing with the Court's assessment that it lacks jurisdiction over this appeal.
Because the challenged order is not subject to an interlocutory appeal, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).
/Robert D. Burns, III/
ROBERT D. BURNS, III
CHIEF JUSTICE 190800F.P05
JUDGMENT
On Appeal from the 68th Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. DC-18-15576.
Opinion delivered by Chief Justice Burns. Justices Molberg and Nowell participating.
In accordance with this Court's opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED.
It is ORDERED that appellees GEOFFREY BERG ABUNDANT LIFE THERAPEUTIC SERVICES TEXAS, LLC, ABUNDANT LIFE THERAPEUTIC SERVICES, LLC, SS OF MA, LLC, BLACKWISE, LLC, EVOLVE OUTREACH TEXAS LLC, PRESIDIUM PRIME, LLC, JASON RYAN FORD, MELVIN ANDERSON, AND LANCE TAYLOR recover their costs of this appeal from appellant THOMAS T. HEADEN III. Judgment entered August 21, 2019