Jawdat Khader Sammour v. The Federal Government Appeal from 431st District Court of Denton County (memorandum opinion per curiam)
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In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-20-00268-CV ___________________________ JAWDAT KHADER SAMMOUR, Appellant V. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, Appellee On Appeal from the 431st District Court Denton County, Texas Trial Court No. 20-5283-431 Before Wallach, J.; Sudderth, C.J.; and Gabriel, J. Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION Pro se Appellant Jawdat Khader Sammour filed a notice of appeal on August 27, 2020. The next day, we notified him of our concern that we lack jurisdiction over this appeal because the trial judge has not signed an order in this case. We stated that because there is neither a signed final judgment nor an appealable order, Appellant’s notice of appeal was prematurely filed. We informed Appellant that unless he or any party furnished this court with a signed copy of the order that he seeks to appeal by September 17, 2020, we would dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f). Although Appellant filed a response, we have not received a copy of a signed order from the trial court, and we have confirmed with the trial court clerk that no order has been signed. We have appellate jurisdiction only of appeals from final judgments and from interlocutory orders that the Texas Legislature has specified are appealable. Lehmann v. Har–Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); see, e.g., Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014. Such judgments or orders must be signed. See Tex. R. App. P. 26.1; Advanced Tech. Transfer & Intellectual Prop. Grp. LLC v. City of Fulshear, No. 14-18-01065CV, 2019 WL 4071945, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [14th Dist.] Aug. 29, 2019, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.). There is no signed order or judgment in this case. We therefore dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f); $214.00 U.S. Currency v. State, No. 02-14-00226-CV, 2014 WL 4771603, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Sept. 25, 2014, no pet.) (per curiam) (mem. op.). 2 Per Curiam Delivered: November 12, 2020 3
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