Jose Manuel Lomeli Jr. v. Julie Kristine Lomeli ( 2020 )

In the
Court of Appeals
Second Appellate District of Texas
at Fort Worth
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No. 02-20-00193-CV
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JOSE MANUEL LOMELI JR., Appellant
V.
JULIE KRISTINE LOMELI, Appellee
On Appeal from the 325th District Court
Tarrant County, Texas
Trial Court No. 325-620231-17
Before Bassel, Womack, and Wallach, JJ.
Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant Jose Manuel Lomeli Jr. attempts to appeal from a judgment that was
signed on May 10, 2017. No postjudgment motion was filed to extend the appellate
deadline, so the notice of appeal was due on June 9, 2017, see Tex. R. App. P. 26.1, but
was filed in our court on May 8, 2020.
We notified Appellant of our concern that we lacked jurisdiction over the
appeal because the notice of appeal was not timely filed. We stated that unless
Appellant or any party desiring to continue the appeal filed a response showing
grounds to continue the appeal, we would dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.
See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1, 42.3(a), 44.3.
Appellant filed a response, but it does not show grounds for continuing the
appeal. Therefore, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See, e.g., In re D.A.,
No. 02-15-00346-CV, 2015 WL 9244637, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 17,
2015, no pet.) (mem. op.) (“The time for filing a notice of appeal is jurisdictional in
this court, and absent a timely-filed notice of appeal or extension request, we must
dismiss the appeal.”); see also Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
Per Curiam
Delivered: July 30, 2020
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