                          NUMBER 13-08-00345-CV

                          COURT OF APPEALS

                THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                  CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG
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JOE LEE RUBIO,                                                         Appellant,

                                        v.


EDUARDO CAMPIRANO, SECRETARY
OF THE TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE
DISTRICT, AND THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF
TEXAS SOUTHMOST COLLEGE DISTRICT,                                     Appellees.

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              On Appeal from the 107th District Court
                    of Cameron County, Texas.
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                       MEMORANDUM OPINION

    Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Benavides
                    Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

      Appellant, Joe Lee Rubio, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the

107th District Court of Cameron County, Texas, in cause number 2008-03-1697-A. The
case involves the appellant’s eligibility to run for the Board of Trustees of Texas Southmost

College District. This case is before the Court on appellees’ motion to dismiss appeal as

moot. No response has been filed by the appellant.

       The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellees’ motion to

dismiss the appeal, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See TEX . R. APP.

P. 42.1(a).   Appellees’ 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.").



                                                  PER CURIAM



Memorandum Opinion delivered and
filed this the 30th day of October, 2008.




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