TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-02-00007-CV

Muhammad A. Ragab, Appellant v. Sheham El-Sabrout, Appellee

FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 126TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 96-13921, HONORABLE DARLENE BYRNE, JUDGE PRESIDING

The district court rendered judgment in this cause on January 26, 2000, and signed the final order on October 8, 2001. Appellant filed a notice of appeal, a copy of which was received by the clerk of this Court on January 7, 2002. However, appellant had filed a motion for new trial. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 329b(a). The clerk of this Court received notice that the motion was granted by the district court on January 10, 2002. See Tex. R. Civ. P. 329b(c), (d). As a result, there is no final judgment before this Court. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).

__________________________________________ Marilyn Aboussie, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Aboussie, Justices B. A. Smith and Yeakel Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: July 26, 2002 Do Not Publish