DISMISS; and Opinion Filed July 1, 2016.

S In The Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas No. 05-16-00282-CV RODERICK JOHNSON, Appellant V. DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MICHAEL L. WILLIAMS, TEXAS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, Appellees On Appeal from the 192nd Judicial District Court Dallas County, Texas Trial Court Cause No. DC-15-00004 MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Lang-Miers, Evans, and Brown Opinion by Justice Brown Before the Court is appellant’s motion to dismiss the appeal. Appellant has informed the Court that he no longer desires to pursue this appeal. Accordingly, we grant appellant’s motion and dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(1).

/Ada Brown/ ADA BROWN JUSTICE 160282F.P05 S Court of Appeals Fifth District of Texas at Dallas JUDGMENT RODERICK JOHNSON, Appellant On Appeal from the 192nd Judicial District Court, Dallas County, Texas No. 05-16-00282-CV V. Trial Court Cause No. DC-15-00004.

Opinion delivered by Justice Brown.

DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL Justices Lang-Miers and Evans participating.

DISTRICT AND MICHAEL L. WILLIAMS, TEXAS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION, Appellees In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is DISMISSED.

It is ORDERED that appellees DALLAS INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND MICHAEL L. WILLIAMS, TEXAS COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION recover their costs of this appeal from appellant RODERICK JOHNSON.

Judgment entered this 1st day of July, 2016.

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