Opinion
NO. 03-16-00285-CV
06-23-2016
Jermaine A. Hopkins, Appellant v. Marc Ott, City Manager and The City of Austin, Appellees
FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 419TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT
NO. D-1-GN-15-000927, HONORABLE LORA J. LIVINGSTON, JUDGE PRESIDINGMEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Jermaine A. Hopkins, acting pro se, filed a notice of appeal challenging only an order denying his motions for new trial in the underlying cause. However, that order is not independently appealable and without a final judgment or otherwise appealable order, we may not exercise appellate jurisdiction. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014; Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); see also Macklin v. SAIA Motor Freight Lines, Inc., No. 06-12-00038-CV, 2012 Tex. App. LEXIS 2748, at *1-2 (Tex. App.—Texarkana Apr. 6, 2012, no pet.) (mem. op.) (dismissing appeal for want of jurisdiction because "order denying a motion for reconsideration or motion for new trial is not a judgment, and is not independently appealable").
On April 27, 2016, this Court requested that Hopkins file a written response by May 16, 2016, demonstrating this Court's jurisdiction over his appeal. He did not file any response.
We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).
/s/_________
Jeff Rose, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Pemberton and Bourland Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: June 23, 2016