                                      In The

                                 Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                               NO. 09-18-00350-CV
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                            TODD ESTES, Appellant

                                         V.

     STRYKER ENERGY DIRECTIONAL SERVICES, LLC, Appellee
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                    On Appeal from the 284th District Court
                         Montgomery County, Texas
                       Trial Cause No. 18-06-07601-CV
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                          MEMORANDUM OPINION

      The appellant, Todd Estes, filed a motion to dismiss this accelerated appeal.

The motion is voluntarily made by the appellant prior to any decision of this Court.

See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(1). No other party filed a notice of appeal. We grant the

motion and dismiss the appeal.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.

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                                                     STEVE McKEITHEN
                                                         Chief Justice

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Submitted on October 24, 2018
Opinion Delivered October 25, 2018

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Johnson, JJ.




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