NUMBER 13-10-00634-CV COURT OF APPEALS THIRTEENTH DISTRICT OF TEXAS CORPUS CHRISTI - EDINBURG ____________________________________________________________ CLAYTON DIRECTIONAL DRILLING, LTD., APPELLANT, v. SANTIAGO A. GUAJARDO, APPELLEE. ____________________________________________________________ On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 4 of Nueces County, Texas. ____________________________________________________________ MEMORANDUM OPINION Before Justices Garza, Benavides, and Vela Memorandum Opinion Per Curiam Appellant, Clayton Directional Drilling, Ltd., perfected an appeal from a judgment entered by the County Court at Law No. 4 of Nueces County, Texas, in cause number 07-62659-4. Appellant has filed a motion to dismiss the appeal on grounds that the parties have settled the case. Appellant requests that this Court dismiss the appeal. The Court, having considered the documents on file and appellant=s motion to dismiss the appeal, is of the opinion that the motion should be granted. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a). Appellant=s motion to dismiss is granted, and the appeal is hereby DISMISSED. Costs will be taxed against appellant. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(d) ("Absent agreement of the parties, the court will tax costs against the appellant."). Having dismissed the appeal at appellant=s request, no motion for rehearing will be entertained, and our mandate will issue forthwith. PER CURIAM Delivered and filed the 3rd day of February, 2011. 2