Opinion
No. 04-20-00487-CV
11-10-2020
Joe GUILLEN, Carolyn Harris, Sidney Hipp, and Wayne Holmes, Appellants v. SHENANDOAH CHURCH OF CHRIST, Appellee
From the 166th Judicial District Court, Bexar County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2020-CI10510
Honorable Angelica Jimenez, Judge Presiding
ORDER
This is an appeal from an interlocutory order denying a plea to the jurisdiction. Interlocutory orders may be appealed only if a specific statute authorizes such an interlocutory appeal. Section 51.014(a)(8) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code authorizes an appeal from an interlocutory order that grants or denies a plea to the jurisdiction by a governmental unit. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE § 51.014(a)(8). However, the appellants in this appeal are not a governmental unit. Therefore, we lack jurisdiction over this interlocutory appeal. See In re Estate of O'Bryant, 04-04-00359-CV, 2004 WL 2616323, at *1 (Tex. App.—San Antonio Aug. 11, 2004, no pet.) ("An interlocutory appeal from an order denying a plea to the jurisdiction is available by statute only to governmental agencies.").
We ORDER appellants to show cause in writing on or before November 25, 2020, why this appeal should not be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. We suspend all appellate deadlines pending our determination of whether we have jurisdiction over this appeal.
/s/_________
Irene Rios, Justice
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the said court on this 10th day of November, 2020.
/s/_________
Michael A. Cruz,
Clerk of Court