NUMBER 13-06-071-CV

                         COURT OF APPEALS

               THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                  CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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MIRTHALA CASTANEDA MARTINEZ,                           Appellant,

                                           v.

H. HOLLIS RANKIN, III,                                              Appellee.

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                 On appeal from the 332nd  District Court

                           of Hidalgo County, Texas.

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                     MEMORANDUM OPINION

               Before Justices Rodriguez, Castillo, and Garza

Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam

Appellant, MIRTHALA CASTANEDA MARTINEZ, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 332nd District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas, in cause number C-771-04-F(1).  After the record was filed and after the cause was referred to mediation, the parties filed a joint motion to dismiss the appeal.  In the motion, the parties state that this case has been resolved and appellant no longer wishes to prosecute this appeal.  The parties request that this Court dismiss the appeal and that costs be borne by the party incurring same.

The Court, having considered the documents on file and the joint motion to dismiss the appeal, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted.  The joint motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is hereby DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed this

the 8th day of June, 2006.