                           NUMBER 13-08-00706-CV

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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JOHN DOE,                                                                 Appellant,

                                          v.

HEARING BEFORE THE DISTRICT
11A-1 GRIEVANCE COMMITTEE,                          Appellee.
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              On appeal from the 28th District Court
                    of Nueces County, Texas.
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                        MEMORANDUM OPINION

                Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Vela
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, John Doe, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 28th

District Court of Nueces County, Texas, in cause number 08-5579-A. Appellant has filed

a motion to dismiss the appeal on grounds that appellant no longer wishes to pursue the

appeal. Appellant requests that this Court dismiss the appeal.
       The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant’s motion to

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

P. 42.1(a). Appellant’s 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 appellant’s request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained, and our mandate will

issue forthwith.



                                                 PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and
filed this the 19th day of February, 2009.




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