
                        IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS


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                                 No. 11-0558
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   In Re  Cynthia Ann Schendel Nankervis, Richard Earl Schendel And Robert
                          Edward Schendel, Relators

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                      On Petition for Writ of Mandamus
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      ORDER

      1.    The Agreed Motion to Abate Petition for Writ of Mandamus,  filed
on January 9, 2012, is granted,  and  this  case  is  ABATED  to  allow  the
parties to proceed with settlement negotiations.
      2.    This case is removed from the Court's active docket until  March
13, 2012, by which time the parties must file either a status  report  or  a
motion to dismiss.  The parties shall immediately notify  this  Court  about
any changes in the status of the case.

      Done at the City of Austin, this 13 day of January, 2012.

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                                       Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk
                                       Supreme Court of Texas


                                       By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk




