Opinion
13-22-00260-CV
06-16-2022
MICHAEL PUSLEY, Appellant, v. SAMANTHA LUARCA, Appellee.
On appeal from the 94th District Court of Nueces County, Texas.
Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Benavides and Tijerina
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JAIME TIJERINA JUSTICE
Michael Pusley attempts to appeal the trial court's ruling on August 23, 2020. We dismiss. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2. 1
This case was severed from appellate cause number 13-20-00400-CV.
On August 20, 2020, the trial court orally granted Samantha Luarca's plea to the jurisdiction and motion to dismiss. Pusley was not a party to that judgment. The trial court signed the judgment on August 23, 2020, dismissing all claims against Luarca.
Castle River Architectural Control Committee and Pusley filed a motion for reconsideration and clarification requesting that the trial court modify its judgment to reflect that Pusley was now a party to the suit. The trial court denied the motion on September 22, 2020. Pusley was not a party to that judgment. This appeal followed.
Only a party may file a notice of appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.1; In re Lumbermens Mut. Cas. Co., 184 S.W.3d 718, 723 (Tex. 2006) (providing that only parties of record may appeal a trial court's judgment). Pusley was not a party to the trial court's judgment. Therefore, this appeal is dismissed for failure to comply with Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure 25.1. Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal without addressing the merits. 2
To the extent that Pusley attempts to appeal the trial court's September 22, 2020 judgment, we dismiss that attempted appeal because Pusley is not a party.