in Re Commitment of Raymond Glenn Scott

In The
Court of Appeals
Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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NO. 09-22-00038-CV
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IN RE COMMITMENT OF RAYMOND GLENN SCOTT
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On Appeal from the 435th District Court
Montgomery County, Texas
Trial Cause No. 11-06-06579-CV
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MEMORANDUM OPINION
Raymond Glenn Scott filed a notice of appeal from a post-judgment civil
commitment order denying Scott’s request to be transferred to less restrictive
housing. On February 9, 2022, we advised the parties, by letter, that the order does
not appear to be appealable. We asked the parties to respond to our jurisdictional
inquiry by providing us with any rule or statute they claimed could be applied to
Scott’s appeal and explain how those provisions, if any, gave this Court jurisdiction
to consider an appeal of the order. In response, Scott asked the Court to allow the
appeal to proceed as a permissive appeal. See generally Tex. R. App. P. 28.3.
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While 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-commitment case becomes
final. See In re Commitment of Welsh, No. 09-21-00139-CV, 2021 WL 2583422, at
*1 (Tex. App.—Beaumont June 24, 2021, no pet.) (mem. op.); In re Commitment of
Bohannan, No. 09-20-00260-CV, 2021 WL 1134307, at *1 (Tex. App.—Beaumont
Mar. 25, 2021, pet. denied) (mem. op.). This matter also does not comply with the
requirements for a permissive appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3.
We deny Scott’s motion and dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See
Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).
APPEAL DISMISSED.
PER CURIAM
Submitted on March 9, 2022
Opinion Delivered March 10, 2022
Before Golemon, C.J., Horton and Johnson, JJ.
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