In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-16-00261-CV ____________________ $4,300.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY (DAVID EARL STANLEY), Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS, Appellee _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the 258th District Court Polk County, Texas Trial Cause No. CIV27,223 ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION The appellant, David Earl Stanley, filed a suggestion of mootness because the trial court signed an order of non-suit for the civil forfeiture proceeding. The State did not contest the suggestion of mootness. The appeal is dismissed as moot without reference to the merits. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.3.

APPEAL DISMISSED.

________________________________ LEANNE JOHNSON Justice Submitted on September 28, 2016 Opinion Delivered September 29, 2016 Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.