NUMBER 13-05-617-CV

                         COURT OF APPEALS

               THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                  CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG

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         IN RE:  KAPLAN HIGHER EDUCATION CORPORATION

                             AND LETICIA VENTURA

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                      On Petition for Writ of Mandamus ___________________________________________________________________

                     MEMORANDUM OPINION

         Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Rodriguez and Garza

                            Per Curiam Memorandum Opinion^[1]

Relators, Kaplan Higher Education Corporation and Leticia Ventura, filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the above cause on September 29, 2005.  The Court, having examined and fully considered the petition for writ of mandamus, the response filed by real parties in interest,^[2] relators' reply, real parties' surreply, the record, and the supplemental record, is of the opinion that relators have not shown themselves entitled to the relief sought.  Accordingly, the petition for writ of mandamus is DENIED.  See Tex. R. App. P. 52.8(a).

Furthermore, the temporary stay granted on November 22, 2005, is lifted.

PER CURIAM

Memorandum Opinion delivered and filed

this 10th day of January, 2006.