in the Matter of Lawrence Adams ( 2018 )

Opinion issued July 26, 2018
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-18-00295-CV
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IN THE MATTER OF LAWRENCE ADAMS, Appellant
On Appeal from the 313th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Case No. 2017-32507
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Lawrence Adams, is attempting to appeal from the trial court’s
“Order of Transfer” that transferred the cause from one district court to another
district court.
Generally speaking, appellate courts only have jurisdiction over appeals from
final judgments. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001);
N.E. Indep. Sch. Dist. v. Aldridge, 400 S.W.2d 893, 895 (Tex. 1966). Texas
appellate courts only have jurisdiction to immediately consider appeals from
interlocutory orders if a statute explicitly provides appellate jurisdiction. Stary v.
DeBord, 967 S.W.2d 352, 352–53 (Tex. 1998).
The trial court’s “Order of Transfer” is neither a final judgment nor an
interlocutory order for which an appeal is authorized by statute and is therefore not
an appealable order. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a) (West
Supp. 2017); Starnes v. Holloway, 779 S.W.2d 86, 93 (Tex. App.—Dallas 1989, writ
denied) (holding that order transferring case from one state court to another was
interlocutory order); Fox v. Wardy, 224 S.W.3d 307, 309 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2005,
pet. denied) (same). After being notified that this appeal was subject to dismissal,
appellant filed a response but did not demonstrate that this Court has jurisdiction
over the appeal. Because appellant is attempting to appeal an interlocutory order
which is not authorized by statute, we lack jurisdiction over this attempted appeal.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a), (c); 43.2(f).
We dismiss any pending motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Chief Justice Radack and Justices Jennings and Lloyd.
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