DISMISS and Opinion Filed September 26, 2019.

In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-19-00894-CV SHEDRICK THORNTON, Appellant V. GABRIELLE BODLEY, Appellee On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. CV1400028 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Myers, Osborne, and Nowell Opinion by Justice Myers Appellant appeals from a protective order signed on February 4, 2014. By letter dated August 7, 2019, the Court questioned its jurisdiction over this appeal due to the untimeliness of the notice of appeal. We instructed appellant to file a letter brief addressing our concern with an opportunity for appellee to respond.

Without a timely filed post-judgment motion extending the appellate timetable, a notice of appeal is due thirty days after the date the judgment is signed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1.

Without a timely notice of appeal, this Court lacks jurisdiction. See id. 25.1(b).

The protective order was signed on February 4, 2014. Because appellant did not file a post-judgment motion extending the appellate timetable, the notice of appeal was due on March 6, 2014. See id. 26.1. Appellant filed his notice of appeal on July 26, 2019, over five years past the due date.

Although appellant filed a letter brief, he fails to demonstrate that this Court has jurisdiction over this appeal. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

/Lana Myers/ LANA MYERS JUSTICE

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–2– Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT SHEDRICK THORNTON, Appellant On Appeal from the 292nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas No. 05-19-00894-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. CV1400028.

Opinion delivered by Justice Myers. Justices GABRIELLE BODLEY, Appellee Osborne and Nowell participating.

In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED.

Judgment entered this 26th day of September, 2019.

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