Stephan Ricks v. Hearing Officer Veronica Dorsey Appeal from 419th District Court of Travis County (memorandum opinion)

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TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN NO. 03-16-00830-CV Stephan Ricks, Appellant v. Veronica Dorsey, Appellee FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY, 419TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. D-1-GN-16-004197, HONORABLE SCOTT JENKINS, JUDGE PRESIDING MEMORANDUM OPINION Stephan Ricks attempted to appeal from the decision of an administrative law judge.1 However, we may not exercise appellate jurisdiction without a final judgment or otherwise appealable order. See Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014; Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). On February 28, 2017, the Clerk of this Court sent a letter notifying Ricks that it was unclear whether we had jurisdiction in this matter, requesting that he provide a response to the jurisdictional issue by March 10, 2017, and cautioning that failure to file the response could result in dismissal of this appeal. No response was filed. 1 The notice of appeal, which states that this appeal is being taken to the Travis County District Court and was filed with the Travis County District Clerk, may have been mistakenly forwarded to this Court. The appeal is dismissed for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a). Jeff Rose, Chief Justice Before Chief Justice Rose, Justices Field and Bourland Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction Filed: April 14, 2017 2

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