NUMBER 13-13-00237-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ RAY ROBINSON, Appellant, v. THOMAS PETROLEUM, L.L.C., Appellee. ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the 377th District Court of Victoria County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Valdez and Justices Garza and Perkes Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant, Ray Robinson, perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the 377th District Court of Victoria County, Texas, in trial court cause number 08-12-68070-D.

Appellant has now filed an unopposed motion to dismiss the appeal on grounds that the parties have reached an agreement to settle and compromise their differences.

Appellant requests that this Court dismiss the appeal with prejudice.

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 with prejudice. Costs are 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 15th day of August, 2013.