The opinion
Opinion issued July 7, 2016
In The
Court of Appeals
For The
First District of Texas
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NO. 01-16-00280-CV
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ARTHUR J. HOLDINGS, INC., PARADISE LIVING, ET AL., Appellants
V.
BLACKBURNE & BROWN MORTGAGE FUND I, Appellee
On Appeal from the 11th District Court
Harris County, Texas
Trial Court Cause No. 2016-12403
MEMORANDUM OPINION
Appellants, Arthur J. Holdings, Inc. and Paradise Living, et al., filed a “Notice
of Accelerated Appeal of TI Order of April 4, 2016” in the trial court on April 4,
2016, of the order regarding temporary injunction to be entered by the trial court on
April 4, 2016. See TEX. R. APP. P. 26.1(b), 28.1(a). The next day, on April 5, 2016,
appellants filed a “Notice of Termination of Accelerated Appeal of TI Order” in the
trial court, stating that they no longer needed to pursue this appeal because their case
had been referred to mediation by the trial court and, if mediation was unsuccessful,
set for trial.1
Although no motion to dismiss was filed by appellants, we construe the
“Notice of Termination of Accelerated Appeal of TI Order” as their voluntary
motion to dismiss and deem it to have been filed in this Court on June 21, 2016. See
TEX. R. APP. P. 2, 42.1(a)(1). While there is no certificate of conference with the
motion to dismiss, the motion contains a certificate of service on counsel for the
appellee, has been on file with this Court for more than 10 days, and no party has
responded to the motion. See TEX. R. APP. P. 9.5(d), 10.1(a)(5), 10.3(a). No other
party has filed a notice of appeal and no opinion has issued. See TEX. R. APP. P.
42.1(a)(1), (c).
CONCLUSION
Accordingly, we grant the motion and dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP.
P. 42.1(a)(1), 43.2(f). We dismiss any other pending motions as moot.
PER CURIAM
Panel consists of Justices Higley, Bland, and Massengale.
1
It was not until June 10, 2016, that the trial clerk filed an information sheet in this
Court attaching the appellants’ notice of termination of accelerated appeal.
2