COURT OF APPEALS

                                         SECOND DISTRICT OF TEXAS

                                                     FORT WORTH

                                           NO. 2-08-406-CV

BRIAN EDWARD FRANKLIN                                                   APPELLANT

                                                      V.

THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, FORT                                         APPELLEES

WORTH CIVIL SERVICE COMMISSION,

AND NORMAN BENNETT

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             FROM THE 141ST DISTRICT COURT OF TARRANT COUNTY

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                   MEMORANDUM OPINION^[1] AND JUDGMENT

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We have considered appellant=s AWithdrawal Of Notice Of  Appeal.@  It is the court=s opinion that the motion should be granted; therefore, we dismiss the appeal.  See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(1), 43.2(f).

PER CURIAM

PANEL:  LIVINGSTON, DAUPHINOT, and HOLMAN, JJ.

DELIVERED:  December 18, 2008