In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-16-00407-CV ____________________ JEREMIAH GUNTER, Appellant V. ORANGE COUNTY, TEXAS, AND KEITH MERRITT, Appellees ________________________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the 260th District Court Orange County, Texas Trial Cause No. D140114-C ________________________________________________________________________ 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. ________________________________ CHARLES KREGER Justice 1 Submitted on January 18, 2017 Opinion Delivered January 19, 2017 Before Kreger, Horton, and Johnson, JJ. 2