Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2024

Josh Liam Thiago Express, LLC v. Estifanos Woldehawariat

Josh Liam Thiago Express, LLC v. Estifanos Woldehawariat
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided October 15, 2024

Josh Liam Thiago Express, LLC v. Estifanos Woldehawariat

Opinion

Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 15, 2024.

In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-24-00096-CV JOSH LIAM THIAGO EXPRESS, LLC, Appellant V. ESTIFANOS WOLDEHAWARIAT, Appellee On Appeal from the 269th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 2023-59182 MEMORANDUM OPINION This is an appeal from a judgment signed November 9, 2023. On April 9, 2024, the clerk for the 269th District Court of Harris County Texas, provided notice that the trial court granted appellant’s motion for new trial. The district clerk attached a copy of the trial court’s order granting appellant’s motion for new trial signed February 8, 2024 and amended on February 22, 2024.

When a motion for new trial is granted, the case is reinstated on the trial court’s docket as if no judgment had been signed. Wilkins v. Methodist Health Care Sys., 160 S.W.3d 559, 563 (Tex. 2005) (“[T]he trial court wiped the slate clean when it granted [the appellant’s] motion for new trial; it is as though the court’s first order granting summary judgment never existed . . . .”). Therefore, the issues presented in this appeal are moot, and we lack appellate jurisdiction.

On August 12, 2024, the clerk of this court notified the parties that the appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction unless any party filed a response within 10 days showing meritorious grounds for continuing the appeal.

No response was filed. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).

PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justice Spain, Poissant, and Wilson.

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