in Re Commitment of Gerome Ellis Alexander ( 2013 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-12-00387-CV
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IN RE COMMITMENT OF GEROME ELLIS ALEXANDER
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On Appeal from the 435th District Court
Montgomery County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 00-07-04639 CV
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
In an appeal from an order entered in a sexually-violent-predator proceeding
modifying the terms of a commitment order, changing the entity that approves
where Gerome Ellis Alexander must reside, we questioned our appellate
jurisdiction over such order. Upon consideration of the statute and the responses
of the parties, we conclude that the trial court’s order is not appealable, and we also
conclude that mandamus relief on the issues Alexander raises is not warranted.
Accordingly, we dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.
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Recently, in In re Commitment of Cortez, we addressed the same issues as
are set forth in Alexander’s brief and concluded that we did not have appellate
jurisdiction over these same issues. No. 09-12-00385-CV, 2013 WL 3270613, at
*2 (Tex. App.—Beaumont June 27, 2013, no pet. h.). We also considered whether
Cortez raised issues entitling him to mandamus relief. See id. at **2-6.
For the same reasons stated in Cortez, we conclude that we lack appellate
jurisdiction to review the trial court’s order dated July 26, 2012, and that
Alexander has not demonstrated that he is entitled to mandamus relief.
Accordingly, we dismiss Alexander’s appeal.
APPEAL DISMISSED.
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CHARLES KREGER
Justice
Submitted on July 10, 2013
Opinion Delivered August 15, 2013
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.
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