in Re Commitment of David Wayne Jones

In The

Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont

NO. 09-19-00059-CV

IN RE COMMITMENT OF DAVID WAYNE JONES

On Appeal from the 435th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 03-05-03117-CV

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Appellant David Wayne Jones was civilly committed for sex offender treatment as a sexually violent predator. On February 20, 2019, Jones filed a pro se notice of appeal from orders signed on January 30, 2019, that placed him in a tiered program for sexually violent predators, amended the terms of his civil commitment, and denied his motion to declare the civil commitment order invalid. See generally Tex. Health & Safety Code Ann. § 841.0831 (West 2017). We questioned our jurisdiction over this appeal, and Jones did not file a response.

Generally, the trial court retains jurisdiction while the commitment order remains in effect, and we lack appellate jurisdiction when the trial court modifies a commitment order without ending the court’s supervision of the committed person and without making the otherwise interlocutory order appealable. In re Commitment of Cortez, 405 S.W.3d 929, 932 (Tex. App.—Beaumont 2013, no pet.). Jones has not identified a signed order by the trial court that is appealable at this time. Accordingly, the appeal is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

CHARLES KREGER Justice

Submitted on March 27, 2019 Opinion Delivered March 28, 2019

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger, and Horton, JJ.