Charles Ray Chambles v. Jorge Valencia, Angela Rodriguez, Terry Wall, Renee Cox, and Wichita Valley Rehabilitation Hospital

COURT OF APPEALS

SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS
FORT WORTH

NO. 2-04-139-CV

CHARLES RAY CHAMBLES                                                     APPELLANT

V.

JORGE VALENCIA, ANGELA RODRIGUEZ,                                 APPELLEES

TERRY WALL, RENEE COX, AND

WICHITA VALLEY REHABILITATION HOSPITAL

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FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF WICHITA COUNTY

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MEMORANDUM OPINION¹

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        On May 17, 2004, we notified Appellant Charles Ray Chambles, in accordance with rule 42.3(a), that this court may not have jurisdiction over his appeal from the trial court’s May 5, 2004 denial of his request for a temporary restraining order.  Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).  We stated that the appeal would be dismissed for want of jurisdiction unless Chambles or any party desiring to continue the appeal filed within ten days a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal.  See id. Neither Chambles nor any other party responded.

        Interlocutory orders, such as a temporary restraining order, are generally not appealable absent statutory authorization, and no statute permits the interlocutory appeal of the denial of a temporary restraining order.  See generally Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(a) (Vernon Supp. 2004).  Nor is the denial of Chambles’s request for a temporary restraining order the type of order that in essence functions as a temporary injunction.  See In re Tex. Natural Res. Conservation Comm’n, 85 S.W.3d 201, 206 (Tex. 2002).  Consequently, this appeal is ordered dismissed for want of jurisdiction.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

                                                           PER CURIAM

PANEL D:   WALKER, J.; CAYCE, C.J.; and MCCOY, J.

DELIVERED: July 1, 2004

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NOTES

1. See Tex. R. App. P. 47.4.