                            NUMBER 13-09-00384-CV

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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THE UNIVERSITY OF
TEXAS - PAN AMERICAN,                                                        Appellant,

                                           v.

DR. HILDA MEDRANO,                                  Appellee.
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             On appeal from the 398th District Court
                    of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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                       MEMORANDUM OPINION
            Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza and Benavides
                   Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam
      The parties to this appeal have filed a joint motion asking the Court to dismiss this

appeal. According to the motion, the parties have reached an agreement to settle and

compromise their differences.
       The Court, having considered the documents on file and the joint motion to dismiss

the appeal, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See TEX . R. APP . P.

42.1(a). The joint motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is hereby DISMISSED.

Costs will be taxed against appellant. See TEX . R. APP. P. 42.1(d) ("Absent agreement of

the parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant."). Having dismissed the appeal

at the parties’ request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained, and our mandate will

issue forthwith.

                                                                     PER CURIAM

Delivered and filed the
29th day of December, 2009.




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