Opinion filed April 29, 2010

                                                                       In The

  Eleventh Court of Appeals

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                                                         No. 11-09-00343-CV

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                                        RAY B. SMITH, Appellant

                                                             V.

    ELECTROMEDICAL PRODUCTS INTERNATIONAL, INC., Appellee

                                   On Appeal from the 29th District Court

                                                         Palo Pinto County, Texas

                                                   Trial Court Cause No. C-39569

                                            M E M O R A N D U M   O P I N I O N

            Ray B. Smith, Ph.D. has filed this direct appeal from the trial court’s final order and judgment of contempt.  Electromedical Products International, Inc. (EPII) has filed a motion to dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction.  A court of appeals lacks jurisdiction to review a contempt order by direct appeal.  Tex. Animal Health Comm’n v. Nunley, 647 S.W.2d 951, 952 (Tex. 1983); Tracy v. Tracy, 219 S.W.3d 527, 530 (Tex. App.—Dallas 2007, no pet.).  Contempt orders that involve imprisonment may be reviewed via a petition for writ of habeas corpus; contempt orders that do not involve confinement may be reviewed via a petition for writ of mandamus.  In re Long, 984 S.W.2d 623, 625 (Tex. 1999); Tracy, 219 S.W.3d at 530; Adams v. Bell, 94 S.W.3d 759, 762 (Tex. App.—Eastland 2002, no pet.).  Therefore, we lack jurisdiction to consider this appeal.

            Accordingly, EPII’s motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is dismissed.[1]

                                                                                                PER CURIAM                      

April 29, 2010

Panel consists of:  Wright, C.J.,

McCall, J., and Strange, J.