                             NUMBER 13-09-00609-CV

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                      CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY,                                            Appellant,

                                            v.

IRIS PERALES,                                        Appellee.
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              On Appeal from the 197th District Court
                    of Cameron County, Texas.
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

           Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Yañez and Vela
                      Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

       Appellant, Texas Department of Public Safety, perfected an appeal of an order of

expunction entered by the 197th District Court of Cameron County, Texas, in cause

number 2009-07-4278-C. Appellant has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on grounds

that the appellant no longer wishes to appeal this case. 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

Delivered and filed
the 14th day of January, 2010.




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