In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont __________________ NO. 09-23-00327-CV __________________ AMERICAN STATE BANK, Appellant V. KELLY MALATESTA, Appellee __________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 457th District Court Montgomery County, Texas Trial Cause No. 23-01-00925-CV __________________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION American State Bank, Appellant, and Kelly Malatesta, Appellee, filed a joint motion to dismiss this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 42.1(a)(2). The parties to this appeal filed the motion before the appellate court issued a decision in the appeal. We grant the motion and dismiss the appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 43.2(f).

APPEAL DISMISSED.

PER CURIAM

Submitted on April 3, 3024 Opinion Delivered April 4, 2024 Before Horton, Johnson and Wright, JJ.