NO. 07-03-0373-CV IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT AMARILLO PANEL A AUGUST 22, 2003 ______________________________

MARGIE DOTSEY, APPELLANT V. CITY TRANSIT MANAGEMENT COMPANY, INC. D/B/A CITIBUS, APPELLEE

_________________________________ FROM COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 3 OF LUBBOCK COUNTY; NO. 2002-592,989; HONORABLE PAULA LANEHART, JUDGE _______________________________ Before JOHNSON, C.J., and REAVIS and CAMPBELL, JJ.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Proceeding pro se, appellant Margie Dotsey filed a purported notice of appeal requesting that this Court review the trial court’s order granting summary judgment in favor of City Transit Management Company, Inc. d/b/a Citibus.

Dotsey filed a negligence action for injuries sustained while attempting to disembark a bus operated by City Transit. On November 2, 2002, the trial court signed an order granting City Transit’s motion for summary judgment. Rule 26.1 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure provides that a notice of appeal be filed within 30 days after the judgment is signed by the trial court. Dotsey’s purported notice was filed on August 12, 2003, more than nine months following the trial court’s order.1 The notice is untimely and all deadlines for its filing have expired. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1.

Accordingly, we dismiss this purported appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Don H. Reavis Justice

Although Dotsey filed her purported notice of appeal in this Court, it is deemed filed with the trial court clerk on the same day. Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(a).