NUMBER 13-19-00179-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ EDINBURG CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT AND DR. RENE GUTIERREZ, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SUPERINTENDENT OF ECISD, Appellants, v. JANE CROSS AND JERRY RIVERA, Appellees. ____________________________________________________________ On appeal from the County Court at Law No. 1 of Hidalgo County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Longoria and Hinojosa Memorandum Opinion by Justice Longoria Appellants, Edinburg Consolidated Independent School District and Dr. Rene Gutierrez, in his Official Capacity as Superintendent of ECISD, filed an accelerated appeal from an order entered by the County Court at Law No. 1 of Hidalgo County, Texas, in cause number CL-19-1591-A. Appellants have filed an unopposed motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. Appellants request that this Court dismiss the appeal without prejudice.

The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellants’ unopposed 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 WITHOUT PREJUDICE. Costs will be taxed against appellants.

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 appellants’ request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained, and our mandate will issue forthwith.

NORA L. LONGORIA Justice Delivered and filed the 13th day of June, 2019.