Opinion
No. 03-09-00362-CV
Filed: October 15, 2009.
Appealed from the District Court of Travis County, 200th Judicial District, No. D-1-GN-08-002020, Honorable Stephen Yelenosky, Judge Presiding.
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction.
Before Chief Justice JONES, Justices WALDROP and HENSON.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
On September 21, 2009, we notified appellant Harvey Leroy Sossamon, III that the appellate record in this case did not appear to contain a final or otherwise appealable order. This Court's jurisdiction is limited to the review of final judgments and certain interlocutory orders signed by the trial court. See Tex. Civ. Prac. Rem. Code Ann. §§ 51.012, .014 (West 2008); see also Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). Sossamon's response to this notice fails to demonstrate that a final or otherwise appealable order has been signed by the trial court. Sossamon seeks to appeal from the trial court's order permitting him to take a pre-suit deposition and denying a motion for a protective order filed by the individual to be deposed. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 202.1. Specifically, Sossamon wishes to appeal from the following language in the order: "However, Plaintiff [Sossamon] must follow the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, including the rules regarding costs and fees." A trial court's order stating that the applicable procedural rules shall apply to a pre-suit deposition is not an appealable interlocutory order. See Tex. Civ. Prac. Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014. No appealable judgment or order appears in the record. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction.