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DISMISS and Opinion Filed January 22, 2024

                                   S  In The
                            Court of Appeals
                     Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                               No. 05-23-01136-CV

               MESSELE KELEL, Appellant
                         V.
 EDWARD DONEL BITTNER AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE, Appellees

                On Appeal from the County Court at Law No. 5
                            Dallas County, Texas
                    Trial Court Cause No. CC-22-04104-E

                        MEMORANDUM OPINION
      Before Chief Justice Burns, Justice Molberg, and Justice Pedersen, III
                         Opinion by Chief Justice Burns
      Before the Court is appellant’s December 2, 2023 letter informing the Court

that he is withdrawing his appeal. We construe appellant’s letter as a motion to

dismiss, grant the motion, and dismiss the appeal. See TEX. R. APP. P. 42.1(a)(1).

                                           /Robert D. Burns, III/
                                           ROBERT D. BURNS, III
                                           CHIEF JUSTICE

231136F.P05
                                S
                          Court of Appeals
                   Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                               JUDGMENT

MESSELE KELEL, Appellant                  On Appeal from the County Court at
                                          Law No. 5, Dallas County, Texas
No. 05-23-01136-CV       V.               Trial Court Cause No. CC-22-04104-
                                          E.
EDWARD DONEL BITTNER AND                  Opinion delivered by Chief Justice
ALLSTATE INSURANCE, Appellees             Burns. Justices Molberg and Pedersen,
                                          III participating.

    In accordance with this Court’s opinion of this date, the appeal is
DISMISSED.

    It is ORDERED that appellees EDWARD DONEL BITTNER AND
ALLSTATE INSURANCE recover their costs of this appeal from appellant
MESSELE KELEL.

Judgment entered January 22, 2024

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