                                       In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-16-00283-CV
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                          JEFF S. AKHTAR, Appellant

                                          V.

 THE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
                OF PORT NECHES, Appellee
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                On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1
                           Jefferson County, Texas
                           Trial Cause No. 128,630
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      Jeff S. Akhtar filed a notice of appeal after the trial court granted a motion

by The Mayor and Members of the City Council of the City of Port Neches to

dismiss claims presented in an intervenor’s petition. We questioned our jurisdiction

and invited the parties to file responses. In his response, Akhtar states that no final

judgment has been signed and the appeal was prematurely filed. See Lehmann v.

Har-Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001) (“A judgment is final for


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purposes of appeal if it disposes of all pending parties and claims in the record,

except as necessary to carry out the decree.”). We dismiss the appeal for lack of

jurisdiction. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(a).

      APPEAL DISMISSED.



                                                 ________________________________
                                                        STEVE McKEITHEN
                                                           Chief Justice


Submitted on September 21, 2016
Opinion Delivered September 22, 2016

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




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