Estella Guerrero, Maria Paz, Ricardo Perez, and Mary F. Cavazos v. Donna Independent School District

NUMBER 13-25-00379-CV

COURT OF APPEALS

THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

ESTELLA GUERRERO,
MARIA PAZ, RICARDO PEREZ,
AND MARY F. CAVAZOS, Appellants,

v.

DONNA INDEPENDENT
SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellee.

ON APPEAL FROM THE 464TH DISTRICT COURT
OF HIDALGO COUNTY, TEXAS

MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before Chief Justice Tijerina and Justices West and Cron
Memorandum Opinion by Justice West

This cause is before the Court on its own motion. On July 16, 2025, appellants

filed a notice of appeal attempting to appeal an order denying movants’ motion for

reconsideration and motion for new trial in trial court cause number C-2625-20-L. On July
28, 2025, the Clerk of the Court notified appellants that it appears the order appellants

were attempting to appeal is unappealable. Appellants were further notified that if the

defect was not cured within ten days, the appeal would be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP.

P. 42.3. Appellants have failed to cure the defect or otherwise respond to the notice.

Upon review of the documents before us, we are of the opinion that the order

appellants attempted to appeal is unappealable, and appellants have failed to correct the

defect. Absent an appealable interlocutory order or final judgment, this Court has no

jurisdiction over this appeal. See Ogletree v. Matthews, 262 W.S.3d 316, 319 n. 1 (Tex.

2007); Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 205 (Tex. 2001). Having considered

the documents on file and appellants’ failure to correct the jurisdictional defect in this

matter, we dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a).

JON WEST
Justice

Delivered and filed on the
21st day of August, 2025.

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