Mission Consolidated Independent School District v. Francisco Garcia Sr. and Maria Garcia ( 2022 )

NUMBER 13-22-00191-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI – EDINBURG MISSION CONSOLIDATED INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT, Appellant, v. FRANCISCO GARCIA SR. AND MARIA GARCIA, Appellees. On appeal from the 206th District Court of Hidalgo County, Texas. MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Benavides, Hinojosa, and Tijerina Memorandum Opinion by Justice Tijerina On May 26, 2021, appellees Francisco Garcia, Sr. and Maria Garcia filed a petition for writ of mandamus in the trial court. Appellant Mission Consolidated Independent School District filed a plea to the jurisdiction. The trial court denied the plea, and appellant appealed. On November 11, 2022, appellees filed a “Motion For Nonsuit Without Prejudice,” stating they “no longer desire[] to prosecute their cause of action against [appellant], and requested a Non-suit without prejudice.” Appellees requested this Court “enter a nonsuit on all claims against” appellant. We requested a response, and on December 5, 2022, appellants responded: “These appellees who filed no brief now seek the right to relief. They want to nonsuit their entire dispute so endeth the entire beef.” We construe appellees’ motion for nonsuit as a motion to dismiss the appeal, and we construe appellant’s response as unopposed. Having considered the documents on file and the unopposed motion, this Court is of the opinion that the motion should be granted, and the appeal should be dismissed. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.3(a). Accordingly, we grant the appellees’ unopposed motion to dismiss, and the appeal is hereby dismissed. Having dismissed the appeal, no motion for rehearing will be entertained.1 JAIME TIJERINA Justice Delivered and filed on the 8th day of December, 2022. 1On November 21, 2022, appellees filed a motion for extension of time to file a brief. Because we dismiss the appeal, we dismiss appellees’ motion for extension of time as moot. 2