Author J. Manning, Jr. v. Longview Social Security Office

In the
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana

No. 06-24-00094-CV

AUTHOR J. MANNING, JR., Appellant

V.

LONGVIEW SOCIAL SECURITY OFFICE, Appellee

On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 2
Gregg County, Texas
Trial Court No. 2022-1091-CCL2

Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Chief Justice Stevens
MEMORANDUM OPINION

On November 15, 2024, Author J. Manning, Jr., proceeding pro se, filed a notice of

appeal, attempting to appeal from a default judgment. Upon our review of Manning’s filing, we

noted a potential defect in the Court’s jurisdiction over this appeal.

Section 11.102(a) of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code provides that “[a]

vexatious litigant subject to a prefiling order under Section 11.101 is prohibited from filing,

pro se, new litigation in a court to which the order applies without seeking the permission of”

“the local administrative judge.” TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 11.102(a). Although the

clerk of this Court “may file an appeal from a prefiling order,” the clerk “may not file a

litigation, original proceeding, appeal, or other claim presented, pro se, by a vexatious litigant

subject to a prefiling order under Section 11.101 unless the litigant obtains an order from the

appropriate local administrative judge described by Section 11.102(a) permitting the filing.”

TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 11.103(a), (d).

The 114th Judicial District Court of Smith County issued its order in trial court cause

number 24-0854-C/B, styled Author Manning, Jr. v. Nintendo, et al., on April 16, 2024,

prohibiting Manning from filing any new litigation in a court of this State without first obtaining

permission from a local administrative judge. Author Manning, Jr. v. Nintendo, et al., No. 24-

0854-C/B (114th Jud. Dist. Ct. Smith Cnty. April 16, 2024, order), available at

https://www.txcourts.gov/media/1459730/author-manning-jr-apr-2024.pdf; see TEX. CIV. PRAC.

& REM. CODE ANN. §§ 11.101–.103.

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By letter dated November 21, 2024, we notified Manning of this potential defect in our

jurisdiction and afforded him the opportunity to show this Court how it had jurisdiction over this

appeal. We further informed Manning that the failure to respond by December 11, 2024, would

result in dismissal of this appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a). Having

received no response from Manning, we conclude that this appeal is ripe for dismissal.

We dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.

Scott E. Stevens
Chief Justice

Date Submitted: December 17, 2024
Date Decided: February 4, 2025

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