Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, 2025

Dominique Cunningham v. Lina Hidalgo

Dominique Cunningham v. Lina Hidalgo
Court of Civil Appeals of Texas · Decided January 23, 2025

Dominique Cunningham v. Lina Hidalgo

Opinion

Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed January 23, 2025.

In The Fifteenth Court of Appeals NO. 15-24-00129-CV DOMINIQUE CUNNINGHAM, Appellant V. LINA HIDALGO, Appellee On Appeal from the 125th District Court Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 202477884 MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Dominique Cunningham filed a notice of appeal on November 26, 2024, asserting that the trial court had not ruled on her motion for in camera inspection. The appellate record, however, does not contain either a final judgment or an appealable interlocutory order. Generally, appeals may be taken only from final judgments unless a statute authorizes an interlocutory appeal. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); see also Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014 (listing permissible interlocutory appeals).

Cunningham was notified that this appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction because the record does not contain either a final judgment or an appealable interlocutory order. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a); Lehmann, 39 S.W.3d at 195. Cunningham failed to file an adequate response demonstrating our jurisdiction over the appeal. Rather than addressing the lack of a final judgment or appealable order, as identified in our notice, Cunningham asserted the trial court failed to rule on her motion. Cunningham’s response does not demonstrate that this court has jurisdiction over her appeal, nor does she present a record that would otherwise entitle her to relief.

Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).

PER CURIAM

Before Chief Justice Brister and Justices Field and Farris.

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