                                      In The

                               Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-16-00375-CV
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                     NORMAN CRITTENDON, Appellant

                                        V.

                           J. DOE, ET AL, Appellees
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                   On Appeal from the County Court at Law
                             Polk County, Texas
                         Trial Cause No. CV03358
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                                     ORDER

      On July 20, 2017, we dismissed this appeal for want of prosecution. See Tex.

R. App. P. 38.8(a)(1); Tex. R. App. P. 42.3(b). The appellant, Norman Crittendon,

subsequently filed a motion for rehearing. See Tex. R. App. P. 49.1. We requested a

response form the appellees. See Tex. R. App. P. 49.2. An amicus curiae response

has been received from the Office of the Attorney General.

      The motion for rehearing filed by the appellant on August 2, 2017, is granted.

Tex. R. App. P. 49.3. We withdraw our Opinion of July 20, 2017, and vacate the

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judgment entered thereon the same date. We reinstate the appeal on the Court’s

docket. We grant the appellant’s motion for an extension of time to file a brief. The

brief of the appellant is filed. The appellees’ brief is due September 18, 2017.

      ORDER ENTERED August 16, 2017.

                                                                PER CURIAM

Before McKeithen, C.J., Kreger and Horton, JJ.




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