From Casetext: Smarter Legal Research

Unity Nat'l Bank v. Scroggins

Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston
Aug 19, 2021
No. 01-20-00593-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 19, 2021)

Opinion

01-20-00593-CV

08-19-2021

Unity National Bank v. John Scroggins


164th District Court of Harris County No. 2017-31933

ORDER

JULIE COUNTISS, JUDGE

The Court's records indicate that appellant's notice of appeal, filed on August 18, 2020, may not have been timely filed to appeal the trial court's judgment signed on May 21, 2020. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(a). Any party "seek[ing] to alter the trial court's judgment" must timely file a notice of appeal. TEX. R. APP. P. 25.1(c). Generally, if a party fails to timely file a notice of appeal, we have no jurisdiction to address the merits of the party's appeal. TEX. R. APP. P. 25.1(b).

On July 29, 2021, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant that the Court may dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction unless appellant filed a written response that demonstrated, with citation to the record, statutes, rules, and case law, that this Court has jurisdiction over the appeal. On August 12, 2021, appellant responded to the notice by letter. See generally TEX. R. CIV. P. 306a(4), (5); TEX. R. APP. P. 4.2.

The Court requests from appellee, John Scroggins, a letter response to appellant's August 12, 2021 letter regarding jurisdiction. Appellee should include in his response whether he is opposed or unopposed to appellant's request for abatement of the appeal to allow the trial court to sign a written order specifying the date when appellant or appellant's attorney first received notice or acquired actual knowledge of the trial court's judgment. See TEX. R. APP. P. 4.2(c). The letter response must be filed no later than 14 days from the date of this order.


Summaries of

Unity Nat'l Bank v. Scroggins

Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston
Aug 19, 2021
No. 01-20-00593-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 19, 2021)
Case details for

Unity Nat'l Bank v. Scroggins

Case Details

Full title:Unity National Bank v. John Scroggins

Court:Court of Appeals of Texas, First District, Houston

Date published: Aug 19, 2021

Citations

No. 01-20-00593-CV (Tex. App. Aug. 19, 2021)