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OPINION

Hernando Ramirez attempts to appeal the trial court’s order of withdrawal of court costs and fees from Ramirez’s inmate account.*fn1 TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 501.014(e) (Vernon Supp. 2009). The Clerk of this Court notified Ramirez that we questioned our jurisdiction because it appeared there was no appealable order. Ramirez responded that the trial court’s order for withdrawal is final and that he is being denied his property without due process of law. Because we disagree with Ramirez about the finality of the trial court’s order, we dismiss the appeal.

There is no final order to be appealed. Although called an “order,” the document Ramirez is seeking to have reviewed is nothing more than the notice to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice that a judgment has been rendered against Ramirez and that, pursuant to the statute, the Department should withdraw money from his inmate account. TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 501.014(e) (Vernon Supp. 2009). As the statute states:

 
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