In The Court of Appeals Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont ____________________ NO. 09-05-00161-CV ____________________ EMACHINES, INC., EM HOLDINGS, INC., EMPIRE ACQUISITION CORPORATION, AND TRIGEM COMPUTER, INC., Appellants V. DAVID PACKARD, PACKARD, PACKARD & LAPRAY, AND JOHN HOCK, Appellees _______________________________________________________ ______________ On Appeal from the 172nd District Court Jefferson County, Texas Trial Cause No. E-165,336 (E-165,336-A) ________________________________________________________ _____________ MEMORANDUM OPINION On August 15, 2013, eMachines, Inc., EM Holdings, Inc. and Empire Acquisition Corp., joined by the appellees, David Packard, Packard, Packard & LaPray, and John Hock, filed a motion to dismiss this accelerated appeal. We abated the appeal and remanded the case to the trial court for the purpose of dismissing the cause of action against Trigem Computer, Inc. The trial court dismissed Trigem Computer, Inc. on November 15, 2013. The accelerated appeal is dismissed as moot. 1 APPEAL DISMISSED. PER CURIAM Opinion Delivered December 19, 2013 Before McKeithen, C.J., and Kreger, J. 2