

                                                            NO.
07-09-0244-CV
                                                                              
                                                   IN
THE COURT OF APPEALS
 
                                       FOR
THE SEVENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS
 
                                                                 AT
AMARILLO
 
                                                                     PANEL
C
 
                                                                MARCH
5, 2010
                                            ______________________________
 
                                                            JAMES
L. OTWELL,
 
Appellant
 
                                                                            V.
 
                            VESTIN
MORTGAGE, INC. and VESTIN FUND II, L.L.C.,
 
Appellee
 
_________________________________
 
                        FROM
THE 419th DISTRICT COURT OF TRAVIS COUNTY;
 
        NO.
D-1-GN-08-000170; HONORABLE STEPHEN YELENOSKY, PRESIDING
                                           _______________________________
 
                                                  ORDER
DISMISSING APPEAL
    _______________________________
 
Before QUINN, C.J., and HANCOCK and PIRTLE, JJ.
Appellant has filed a motion to dismiss.  Without passing on the merits of the case, we
grant the motion pursuant to Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.1(a)(1) and dismiss the appeal. 
Having dismissed the appeal at appellant=s
request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained, and our mandate will
issue forthwith.
 
 
Brian
Quinn
       Chief Justice

