Heath Bryn Payne v. State of Texas for the Protection of Melissa Watts

In The
Court of Appeals
Seventh District of Texas at Amarillo
No. 07-20-00294-CV
HEATH BRYN PAYNE, APPELLANT
V.
STATE OF TEXAS FOR THE PROTECTION OF MELISSA WATTS, APPELLEE
On Appeal from the 433rd District Court
Comal County, Texas
Trial Court No. C2020-1335D, Honorable Charles A. Stephens II, Presiding
January 8, 2021
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Before PIRTLE and PARKER and DOSS, JJ.
Appellant, Heath Bryn Payne, appeals from the trial court’s Family Violence
Protective Order.1 Now pending before this Court is Payne’s motion seeking voluntary
dismissal of his appeal. The Court finds the motion complies with the requirements of
Rule of Appellate Procedure 42.1(a)(1) and that granting the motion will not prevent any
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Originally appealed to the Third Court of Appeals, this appeal was transferred to this Court by the
Texas Supreme Court pursuant to its docket equalization efforts. See TEX. GOV’T CODE ANN. § 73.001
(West 2013).
party from seeking relief to which it would otherwise be entitled. As no decision of the
Court has been delivered to date, we grant the motion. The appeal is dismissed.
Because the motion does not address costs, costs will be taxed against Payne. TEX. R.
APP. P. 42.1(d). No motion for rehearing will be entertained and our mandate will issue
forthwith.
Per Curiam
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