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Kenneth W. Isaac, Appellant v. Constance Burnside, Appellee
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is an attempted appeal from an order signed August 2, 2016, denying appellant's motion for summary judgment. Generally, appeals may be taken only from final judgments. Lehmann v. Har Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001). When orders do not dispose of all pending parties and claims, the orders remain interlocutory and unappealable until final judgment is entered unless a statutory exception applies. Bally Total Fitness Corp. v. Jackson, 53 S.W.3d 352, 352 (Tex. 2001); Jack B. Anglin Co., Inc. v. Tipps, 842 S.W.2d 266, 272 (Tex. 1992) (orig. proceeding). The August 2, 2016 order does not dispose of all pending parties and claims and is therefore interlocutory.
After filing a notice of interlocutory appeal in this case, appellant filed a petition in this court for permission to appeal the August 2, 2016 order. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(a). The petition was docketed into appeal number 14-16-00728-CV. That appeal is pending.
On September 26, 2016, notification was transmitted to the parties of this court's intention to dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction unless appellant filed a response demonstrating grounds for continuing the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a). Appellant's response acknowledges that the August 2, 2016 order is being appealed in appeal number 14-16-00728-CV and asks that this appeal be “administratively closed.” The appropriate disposition of an appeal over which we lack jurisdiction is dismissal. See Tex. R. App. P. 25.1(b).
Accordingly, the appeal is DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
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Docket No: NO. 14-16-00689-CV
Decided: October 04, 2016
Court: Court of Appeals of Texas, Houston (14th Dist.).
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