Ben W. McCoin v. Red River County, Texas, The State of Texas, District Attorney Val Varley, District Judge John F. Miller, Jr.--Appeal from 102nd District Court of Red River County

In The

Court of Appeals

Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

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No. 06-04-00044-CV

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BEN W. McCOIN, Appellant

V.

RED RIVER COUNTY, TEXAS, THE STATE OF TEXAS,

DISTRICT ATTORNEY VAL VARLEY, AND

DISTRICT JUDGE JOHN F. MILLER, JR., Appellees

On Appeal from the 102nd Judicial District Court

Red River County, Texas

Before Morriss, C.J., Ross and Carter, JJ.

Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Morriss

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Ben W. McCoin has filed a document pro se that constitutes an attempt to appeal. It appears his complaint has to do with a letter from the district clerk declining to file some form of a civil proceeding against the parties named above. There is no judgment, and there is no order of the trial court. This Court has jurisdiction to hear appeals of final judgments and appealable orders only as provided by the Texas Constitution and the Texas Legislature. Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. 51.012 (Vernon 1997) (final judgment of district and county courts); Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); Hinde v. Hinde, 701 S.W.2d 637, 639 (Tex. 1985); see, e.g., Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. 51.014 (Vernon Supp. 2004) (specific appealable interlocutory orders). This attempted appeal falls into none of those categories. The submitted documents show on their face we have no jurisdiction to hear this attempted appeal.

We dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Josh R. Morriss

Chief Justice

Date Submitted: April 6, 2004

Date Decided: April 7, 2004