                            NUMBER 13-13-00561-CV

                            COURT OF APPEALS

                  THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                     CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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             IN THE INTEREST OF V. E. M., A CHILD
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             On Appeal from the 206th District Court
                   of Hidalgo County, Texas.
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION
               Before Justices Rodriguez, Garza, and Perkes
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Brandon Mahan, filed an appeal from a judgment entered by the 206th

District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, in cause number F-2877-04-D. Appellant has

filed a motion to dismiss the appeal. Appellant requests that this Court withdraw the

notice of appeal and 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
13th day of February, 2014.




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