Boris Iofis v. Bradley Weimert and David Lawver
CourtTexas Court of Appeals, 3rd District (Austin)
Date FiledJuly 10, 2026
Docket03-26-00430-CV
StatusPublished
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Full Opinion
TEXAS COURT OF APPEALS, THIRD DISTRICT, AT AUSTIN
NO. 03-26-00430-CV
Boris Iofis, Appellant
v.
Bradley Weimert and David Lawver, Appellees
FROM THE 353RD DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY
NO. D-1-GN-25-007002, THE HONORABLE SHERINE THOMAS, JUDGE PRESIDING
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This is an attempted appeal of a summary-judgment order where the order is not
the final judgment in the suit and nothing authorizes an interlocutory appeal from the order.
We gave our reasons for these conclusions in Iofis v. Weimert, No. 03-26-00430-CV,
2026 WL 1614150, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin June 5, 2026, order & mem. op.) (per curiam), by
which we abated this appeal and remanded the cause to the trial court for appellant Boris Iofis to
obtain a signed final and appealable judgment. We also said there that if no supplemental record
of such a judgment is filed with our Court or if Iofis fails to give satisfactory reasons for us to
retain jurisdiction here, then we may dismiss this attempted appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3.
Iofis has now given us his status report, representing in it that he has moved for a
summary judgment on all his affirmative claims against the remaining defendant in the suit and
that the trial court is set to hear the motion on July 2, 2026. This timing means that the trial court
might not rule on the summary-judgment motion until September 30, 2026. See Tex. R. Civ.
P. 166a(i). And of course, it might not rule in Iofis’s favor at all, meaning that there remains a
reasonable likelihood that no signed final and appealable judgment is in sight.
Because, given Iofis’s explanations, it is not reasonably likely that there will be a
signed final and appealable judgment in the next 30 days, we lift the abatement in this cause, deny
Iofis’s request to maintain the abatement through October 8, and dismiss this attempted appeal for
want of jurisdiction. See Brown v. Brown, No. 03-19-00822-CV, 2020 WL 399275, at *1 (Tex.
App.—Austin Jan. 24, 2020, no pet.) (mem. op.); Bierwirth v. Rio Rancho Props., LLC,
No. 03-16-00815-CV, 2017 WL 2333306, at *1 (Tex. App.—Austin May 26, 2017, no pet.)
(mem. op.); Clarent Energy Servs., Inc. v. Leasing Ventures, LLC, No. 01-18-00036-CV,
2018 WL 4087003, at *1 (Tex. App.—Houston [1st Dist.] Aug. 28, 2018, no pet.) (mem. op.).
__________________________________________
Chari L. Kelly, Justice
Before Justices Triana, Kelly, and Ellis
Dismissed for Want of Jurisdiction
Filed: July 10, 2026
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