James Johnson and Tashira Johnson v. Greenleaf House, LLC Appeal from Co Civil Ct at Law No 3 of Harris County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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Appeal Dismissed and Memorandum Opinion filed October 25, 2022. In The Fourteenth Court of Appeals NO. 14-22-00532-CV JAMES JOHNSON AND TASHIRA JOHNSON Appellants V. GREENLEAF HOUSE, LLC, Appellee On Appeal from County Civil Court at Law No. 3 Harris County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. 1184038 MEMORANDUM OPINION This is an attempted appeal from a judgment signed July 5, 2022. An unsigned notice of appeal was filed July 13, 2022. Below the blank signature line is “JAMES JOHNSON, ET ALL [SIC], DEFENDANTS.” James Johnson and Tashira Johnson are the two named parties against whom the final judgment was rendered. 1 On September 13, 2022, this court notified appellant James Johnson and appellee Greenleaf House, LLC that the notice of appeal was defective because it was not signed and nothing in the record indicated that James Johnson is a licensed attorney. See Tex. R. App. P. 9.1(b) (requiring party not represented by counsel to sign documents); Kunstoplast of Am., Inc. v. Formosa Plastics Corp., 937 S.W.2d 455, 456 (Tex. 1996). The order further ordered appellant James Johnson to file an amended notice of appeal on or before September 23, 2022. In our order, the court notified appellant James Johnson the appeal was subject to being dismissed without further notice for want of jurisdiction if appellant James Johnson did not comply the court’s order. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a). No amended notice of appeal was filed. On September 30, 2022, this court notified the parties the notice of appeal was not personally signed by pro se appellant, Tashira Johnson and a pro se party cannot file a notice of appeal on behalf of another person. See Paselk v. Rabun, 293 S.W.3d 600, 605 (Tex. App.—Texarkana 2009, no pet.). The parties were notified Tashira Johnson’s appeal was subject to being dismissed without further notice unless a response was filed on or before October 10, 2022, showing meritorious grounds for continuing the appeal. In response, a motion to amend appellant’s brief to add Tashira Johnson’s signature to the brief was filed. No amended notice of appeal signed by either appellant has been filed. See Tex. R. App. P. 9.1(b) (requiring party not represented by counsel to sign documents). Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. PER CURIAM Panel consists of Justices Spain, Poissant, and Wilson. 2
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