Ex Parte Fabbian Donte Scott

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-22-00080-CR
Ex parte Fabbian Donte Scott
FROM THE CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
NO. 21-36749, JOHN B. STEVENS JR., JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Fabbian Donte Scott, acting pro se, filed a notice of appeal from a January 31,
2022 order denying his application for a pretrial writ of habeas corpus issued by the criminal
district court of Jefferson County, Texas. 1 However, our appellate jurisdiction in criminal cases
does not extend to Jefferson County, which is outside the boundaries of our district. Compare
Tex. Gov’t Code § 22.201(d) (listing twenty-four counties in Third Court of Appeals’ district),
with id. § 22.201(j) (listing counties in Ninth Court of Appeals District, including
Jefferson County). Because Jefferson County is outside the boundaries of our district, we lack
appellate jurisdiction in this matter, and we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See
Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).
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Darlene Byrne, Chief Justice
1 We reference only the information that Scott provided in his notice of appeal and in his
prematurely filed brief because we do not have a clerk’s record.
Before Chief Justice Byrne, Justices Kelly and Smith
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: March 22, 2022
Do Not Publish
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