                                  NO. 07-07-0337-CR

                             IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

                      FOR THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                     AT AMARILLO

                                           PANEL A

                                   AUGUST 20, 2007

                         ______________________________


                             EX PARTE DAVID MARTINEZ

                       _________________________________

        FROM THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 1 OF LUBBOCK COUNTY;

       NO. 2004-490,673-C; HONORABLE LARRY B. “RUSTY” LADD, JUDGE

                         _______________________________

Before CAMPBELL and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.


                               MEMORANDUM OPINION


      Appellant, David Martinez, filed a notice of appeal from the trial court’s Order of

Contempt. By letter dated August 2, 2007, this Court directed Appellant to demonstrate

on or before August 13, 2007, why this appeal should not be dismissed for want of

jurisdiction. Appellant did not respond.


      The validity of a contempt order cannot be challenged by direct appeal. Ex parte

Williams, 690 S.W.2d 243, 243 n.1 (Tex. 1985). See also Texas Animal Health Com’n v.
Nunley, 647 S.W.2d 951, 952 (Tex. 1983); Metzger v. Sebek, 892 S.W.2d 20, 54

(Tex.App.–Houston [1st Dist.] 1994, writ denied), cert. denied, 516 U.S. 868, 116 S.Ct.

186, 133 L.Ed.2d 124 (1995). Consequently, this Court has no alternative but to dismiss

this appeal.


                                              Patrick A. Pirtle
                                                  Justice



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