# Venky Venkatraman v. Board of Law Examiners

> Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin) · July 12, 2024

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/10477917

## Case

- **Court:** Texas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
- **Decided:** July 12, 2024
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion
- **Cited by:** 0 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

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## Opinion text

TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN

NO. 03-24-00403-CV

Venky Venkatraman, Appellant

v.

Board of Law Examiners, Appellee

FROM THE 353RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-GN-24-000808, THE HONORABLE LAURIE EISERLOH, JUDGE PRESIDING

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Venky Venkatraman attempts to appeal from an order signed by the trial court on

May 21, 2024, that denied his request for an emergency hearing on his “Motion Asking to Set

Aside Defendant’s Order.” Appellee the Texas Board of Law Examiners has filed a motion to

dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction, asserting that the order at issue is not a final order

or otherwise appealable interlocutory order. We agree with the Board and grant the motion

to dismiss.

No final order or judgment appears in the record. In civil cases, Texas courts of

appeals generally have jurisdiction over appeals only from final judgments. See Lehmann v.

Har–Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); see also Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code

§ 51.012. We also have jurisdiction to consider appeals of interlocutory orders, but only if a

statute explicitly provides appellate jurisdiction. Stary v. DeBord, 967 S.W.2d 352, 352–53
(Tex. 1998); see also Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014. No statute provides this Court

with appellate jurisdiction over an interlocutory order denying a request for an emergency

hearing on a motion seeking to set aside an order issued by appellee.

We therefore lack jurisdiction over this appeal and accordingly dismiss the appeal

for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).

__________________________________________
Thomas J. Baker, Justice

Before Justices Baker, Smith, and Theofanis

Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction

Filed: July 12, 2024

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