                           NUMBER 13-08-00720-CV

                           COURT OF APPEALS

                 THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                    CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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STATE OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT,                                           Appellant,

                                          v.

ALICIA FUENTES,                                                            Appellee.

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               On Appeal from the 370th District Court
                     of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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                        MEMORANDUM OPINION

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

      Appellant, State Office of Risk Management, perfected an appeal from a judgment

entered by the 370th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, in cause number C-900-05-

G. Appellant has filed an unopposed motion to dismiss the appeal on grounds appellant
no longer wishes to pursue its appeal. Appellant requests that this Court dismiss the appeal.

       The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant’s unopposed

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 21st day of May, 2009.




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