Opinion
13-23-00301-CV
03-07-2024
ROY J. ELIZONDO III, Appellant, v. ANDREW SMALLBONE, Appellee.
On appeal from the 148th District Court of Nueces County, Texas.
Before Justices Tijerina, Silva, and Peña
MEMORANDUM OPINION
L. ARON PEÑA JR. JUSTICE
On August 29, 2023, this Court issued a memorandum opinion dismissing this appeal for want of jurisdiction on grounds that the notice of appeal was not timely filed. See Elizondo v. Smallbone, No. 13-23-00301-CV, 2023 WL 5541118, at *1 (Tex. App.- Corpus Christi-Edinburg Aug. 29, 2023, no pet.) (mem. op.). By order issued on September 6, 2023, we withdrew our memorandum opinion and accompanying judgment in the interests of justice. In short, we determined that the viability of the appeal was related to a petition for writ of mandamus filed by appellant in our appellate cause number 13-23-00376-CV.
On February 9, 2024, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that it appeared that there was no final, appealable order in this appellate cause number. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3. The Clerk informed appellant that the appeal would be dismissed if this defect was not cured within ten days. Appellant did not respond to the Clerk's notice or otherwise correct the defect in the appeal. See id. R. 42.3(a), (c).
By separate memorandum opinion issued in the petition for writ of mandamus, we have determined that the trial court has not issued a final judgment or an appealable interlocutory order, and thus the trial court retains jurisdiction over the underlying case. See In re Elizondo, No. 13-23-00376-CV, 2024 WL __, at *__ (Tex. App.-Corpus Christi-Edinburg Mar. 7, 2024, orig. proceeding) (mem. op.). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.