                              NUMBER 13-15-00142-CV

                              COURT OF APPEALS

                   THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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HERMELINDA PENA,                                                             Appellant,

                                            v.

TAX CLERK WASHINGTON,                               Appellee.
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                   On “DWC Benefit Award”
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION
     Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez, and Longoria
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Hermelinda Pena, attemped to perfect an appeal of a “DWC Benefit

Award.” Upon review of the documents before the Court, it appeared that there was no

final, appealable judgment. On March 30, 2015, the Clerk of this Court notified appellant

of this defect so that steps could be taken to correct the defect, if it could be done. See

TEX. R. APP. P. 37.1, 42.3.   Appellant was advised that, if the defect was not corrected
within ten days from the date of receipt of the notice, the appeal would be dismissed for

want of jurisdiction. Appellant failed to respond to the Court’s notice.

       In terms of appellate jurisdiction, appellate courts only have jurisdiction to review

final judgments and certain interlocutory orders identified by statute. Lehmann v. Har-

Con Corp., 39 S.W.3d 191, 195 (Tex. 2001).            The Court, having considered the

documents on file and appellant's failure to correct the defect in this matter, is of the

opinion that the appeal should be dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Accordingly, the

appeal is DISMISSED FOR WANT OF JURISDICTION. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a),(c).



                                                               PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
28th day of May, 2015.




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