In The

                               Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-16-00407-CV
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                       JEREMIAH GUNTER, Appellant

                                        V.

     ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND KEITH MERRITT, Appellees
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                   On Appeal from the 260th District Court
                          Orange County, Texas
                        Trial Cause No. D140114-C
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                         MEMORANDUM OPINION

      The appellant, Jeremiah Gunter, and the appellees, Orange County, Texas,

and Keith Merritt, filed a joint motion to dismiss this appeal. See Tex. R. App. P.

42.1(a)(2). We grant the motion and dismiss the appeal.

      APPEAL DISMISSED.


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                                                     CHARLES KREGER
                                                           Justice


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Submitted on January 18, 2017
Opinion Delivered January 19, 2017

Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ.




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