in Re Commitment of Martin Guadalupe Lujan ( 2022 )

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
__________________
NO. 09-22-00047-CV
__________________
IN RE COMMITMENT OF MARTIN GUADALUPE LUJAN
__________________________________________________________________
On Appeal from the 435th District Court
Montgomery County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 13-10-10750-CV
__________________________________________________________________
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Martin Guadalupe Lujan appealed from an order denying the petition he filed
in the 435th District Court seeking to be transferred to less restrictive housing. In
March 2022, the State moved to dismiss the petition for want of jurisdiction. Lujan
failed to respond to the State’s motion.
We conclude we do not have jurisdiction over Lujan’s appeal. As the Court
noted in In re Commitment of Scott, “[w]hile the trial court retains jurisdiction during
the periods that a civil commitment judgment remains in effect, we lack appellate
jurisdiction over interlocutory orders signed after the judgment in the civil-
1
commitment case becomes final.” No. 09-22-00038-CV, 2022 WL 710205, at *1
(Tex. App.—Beaumont Mar. 10, 2022, no pet. h.) (mem. op.).
Because we lack jurisdiction, we grant the State’s motion and dismiss the
appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).
APPEAL DISMSSED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on April 20, 2022
Opinion Delivered April 21, 2022
Before Kreger, Horton and Johnson, JJ.
2