                                     In The

                               Court of Appeals
                   Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                             NO. 09-16-00244-CV
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                 BRUCE MICHAEL BUCKLAND, Appellant

                                       V.

                   TRACIE LYNN BUCKLAND, Appellee
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                   On Appeal from the 418th District Court
                        Montgomery County, Texas
                      Trial Cause No. 15-10-11218-CV
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      The appellant, Bruce Michael Buckland, filed a motion to dismiss this

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 notice of appeal.

We grant the motion and dismiss the appeal.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.
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                                                    HOLLIS HORTON
                                                          Justice
Submitted on December 14, 2016
Opinion Delivered December 15, 2016
Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.

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