                                      In The

                                Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-16-00299-CV
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                         LAYNE WALKER, Appellant

                                        V.

                   STEPHEN HARTMAN, Appellee
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                On Appeal from the 58th District Court
                       Jefferson County, Texas
                      Trial Cause No. A-198,246
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                                      ORDER

      Appellee filed a motion to recuse Chief Justice Steve McKeithen on

September 23, 2016. Chief Justice McKeithen certified the matter to the Court.

The Court finds appellant failed to present grounds which justify recusal in this

case. See Tex. R. App. P. 16; see also Tex. R. Civ. P. 18b. Accordingly, the motion

to recuse Chief Justice Steve McKeithen is denied.

      ORDER ENTERED September 29, 2016.

                                                         PER CURIAM


Before Kreger, J., and Horton, J.
McKeithen, C.J., not participating.
Johnson, J., recused.
