NUMBER 13-23-00363-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG

BRODERICK DARNELL JONES, Appellant, v. LESLIE DEASES, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PCT. 1, SAN PATRICIO COUNTY, TEXAS, Appellee.

On appeal from the 156th District Court of San Patricio County, Texas.

MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Chief Justice Contreras and Justices Silva and Peña Memorandum Opinion by Justice Peña This matter is before the Court on appellant’s motion to dismiss. Appellant wishes to voluntarily dismiss the appeal.

The Court, having considered appellant’s motion, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(1). Therefore, the motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is hereby dismissed. Costs will be taxed against the appellant.

See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(d) (“Absent agreement of the parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant.”). Because the appeal is dismissed at the appellant’s request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained.

L. ARON PEÑA JR. Justice Delivered and filed on the 26th day of October, 2023.