Ex Parte Young

OPINION

HOLLIS HORTON, Justice.

On December 17, 2007, the trial court refused to rule on Raymond Young’s application for writ of habeas corpus without conducting an evidentiary hearing or issu*277ing the writ of habeas corpus. We questioned our jurisdiction over the appeal. Young filed a response in which he fails to establish that the order is appealable.

No appeal lies from the refusal to issue a writ of habeas corpus unless the trial court rules on the merits of the application. Ex parte Hargett, 819 S.W.2d 866 (Tex.Crim.App.1991); Ex parte Noe, 646 S.W.2d 280 (Tex.Crim.App.1988). In this case,…