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In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth ___________________________ No. 02-26-00493-CV ___________________________ JOHNATHAN COOPER, Appellant V. JAMES WARREN ST. JOHN, Appellee On Appeal from the 153rd District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 153-330985-21 Before Bassel, Womack, and Wallach, JJ. Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion MEMORANDUM OPINION Appellant Johnathan Cooper attempts to appeal from a July 8, 2026 order denying “Plaintiff[’s] Summary[-]Judgment Request” and “Plaintiff[’s] Motion for Trial Court to Rescind & Reconsider Recused Judge Orders Granting Defendant Partial Summary Judgment on Plaintiff[’s] DTPA, Wrongful Act Claims.” On August 6, 2026, we notified Cooper of our concern that we do not have jurisdiction over his appeal because the trial court’s order did not appear to be a final judgment or an appealable interlocutory order. We cautioned him that unless by August 17, 2026, he or another party filed with this court a response showing grounds for continuing the appeal, we could dismiss the appeal for want of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 44.3. Cooper filed a response, but it does not show grounds for continuing the appeal. We also noted in our letter that Cooper had requested in his notice of appeal that this court treat this appeal as a request for mandamus relief. We instructed Cooper to file a petition for writ of mandamus and a mandamus record by August 17, 2026, and stated that the appeal would be dismissed if he failed to do so. Cooper failed to comply. This court’s appellate jurisdiction is generally limited to reviewing (1) final judgments and (2) certain interlocutory orders made appealable by statute. See Lehmann v. Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001); see also Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 51.014(a). Because the appealed-from order is neither, we lack 2 jurisdiction over this appeal. See Stuart v. Puente, No. 02-25-00641-CV, 2025 WL 3684003, at *1 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth Dec. 18, 2025, no pet.) (holding that order denying summary judgment was not a final judgment or an appealable interlocutory order and dismissing appeal for want of jurisdiction). Accordingly, we dismiss this appeal for lack of jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a), 43.2(f); Stuart, 2025 WL 3684003, at *1. Per Curiam Delivered: September 17, 2026 3