
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS


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                                 No. 08-1046
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   In Re  Memorial Hermann Healthcare System And Memorial Hermann Hospital
                                   System

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                      On Petition for Writ of Mandamus
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      ORDER

      1.    The unopposed motion to abate  mandamus  proceedings,  filed  on
January 9, 2008, is granted.  This case is ABATED, pursuant to  Texas  Rules
of Appellate Procedure 7.2(b), for ninety days to allow the successor  judge
to reconsider the original trial judge's decision, signed March 5, 2008.
      2.    The case shall be abated, and removed from  the  Court's  active
docket, for ninety days, or until further order of the Court.
      3.    The parties are directed to notify  this  Court  immediately  of
any change in status of the case, to notify this Court immediately when  the
successor judge has ruled, and to file a status report or other  appropriate
motion by April 16, 2009.

      Done at the City of Austin, this 16th day of January, 2009.

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                                       Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk
                                       Supreme Court of Texas


                                       By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk




