                                        In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                     Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                                NO. 09-12-00382-CV
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             IN RE COMMITMENT OF MICHAEL MCKINNEY


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                    On Appeal from the 435th District Court
                         Montgomery County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 03-09-06910 CV
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                           MEMORANDUM OPINION

      In an appeal from an order entered in a sexually-violent-predator proceeding

modifying the terms of a commitment order, changing the entity that approves

where Michael McKinney must reside, we questioned our appellate jurisdiction

over such order. Upon consideration of the statute and the responses of the parties,

we conclude that the trial court’s order is not appealable, and we also conclude that

mandamus relief on the issues McKinney raises is not warranted. Accordingly, we

dismiss the appeal for lack of jurisdiction.


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      Recently, in In re Commitment of Cortez, we addressed the same issues as

are set forth in McKinney’s brief and concluded that we did not have appellate

jurisdiction over these same issues. No. 09-12-00385-CV, 2013 WL 3270613, at

*2 (Tex. App.—Beaumont June 27, 2013, no pet. h.). We also considered whether

Cortez raised issues entitling him to mandamus relief. See id. at **2-6.

      For the same reasons stated in Cortez, we conclude that we lack appellate

jurisdiction to review the trial court’s order dated July 26, 2012, and that

McKinney has not demonstrated that he is entitled to mandamus relief.

Accordingly, we dismiss McKinney’s appeal.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.



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                                                   CHARLES KREGER
                                                         Justice

Submitted on July 10, 2013
Opinion Delivered August 15, 2013

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




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