                                       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 Justice Hollis Horton on September 23,

2016. I certify the matter to the court for decision. See Tex. R. App. P. 16.3(b).

      ORDER ENTERED September 29, 2016.



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                                                     HOLLIS HORTON
                                                          Justice
