Everick L. Monk v. Sheriff Jeffery Neal, Judge John L. Tidwell
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 6th District (Texarkana)
Date FiledJune 26, 2026
Docket06-26-00070-CV
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
In the
Court of Appeals
Sixth Appellate District of Texas at Texarkana
No. 06-26-00070-CV
EVERICK L. MONK, Appellant
V.
SHERIFF JEFFERY NEAL, JUDGE JOHN L. TIDWELL, ET AL., Appellees
On Appeal from the 102nd District Court
Bowie County, Texas
Trial Court No. 23C0394-102
Before Stevens, C.J., van Cleef and Rambin, JJ.
Memorandum Opinion by Justice van Cleef
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellant, Everick L. Monk, filed a notice of appeal from the trial court’s April 17, 2026,
order of termination by the Honorable Alfonso Charles, Presiding Judge of the Tenth
Administrative Judicial Region. For the following reasons, we dismiss this appeal for want of
jurisdiction.
Our jurisdiction is constitutional and statutory in nature. See TEX. CONST. art. V, § 6;
TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 22.220 (Supp.). Unless we are given specific authority over an
interlocutory appeal from a particular type of order, we have jurisdiction only over appeals from
final judgments. Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195–96 (Tex. 2001), superseded
by statute, Indus. Specialists, LLC v. Blanchard Refin. Co., 652 S.W.3d 11, 14 (Tex. 2022). The
April 17, 2026, order of termination is not a final judgment. Moreover, the Texas Civil Practice
and Remedies Code does not list orders assigning, reassigning, or terminating the assignment of
a judge as appealable interlocutory orders. See TEX. CIV. PRAC. & REM. CODE ANN. § 51.014(a)
(Supp.); Fox v. Wardy, 224 S.W.3d 307, 309 (Tex. App.—El Paso 2005, pet. denied) (holding
interlocutory transfer order was unappealable).
By letter dated May 26, 2026, we informed Appellant of this potential defect in our
jurisdiction and afforded him the opportunity to demonstrate proper grounds for our retention of
the appeal. We warned Appellant that if we did not receive an adequate response by June 10,
2026, we would dismiss his appeal. On June 8, 2026, Appellant filed a motion in response to our
letter, but the motion did not establish this Court’s jurisdiction over the appeal.
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Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for want of jurisdiction.
Charles van Cleef
Justice
Date Submitted: June 25, 2026
Date Decided: June 26, 2026
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