                                      In The

                               Court of Appeals
                    Ninth District of Texas at Beaumont
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                              NO. 09-15-00077-CV
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 VICTOR HO, JEFF THOMPSON, AND SHERRY WILLIAMS, Appellants

                                        V.

JENNIFER LEE JOHNSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NEXT FRIEND OF
               JARELL LEE, A MINOR, Appellee
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                    On Appeal from the 136th District Court
                          Jefferson County, Texas
                         Trial Cause No. D-187,529
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                                     ORDER

      On February 6, 2015, the trial court signed an interlocutory order, which

identified a controlling question of law that may materially advance the ultimate

termination of the litigation, and granted permission to appeal. See Tex. Civ. Prac.

& Rem. Code Ann. § 51.014(d) (West 2015); see also Tex. R. Civ. P. 168. On

February 20, 2015, Victor Ho, Jeff Thompson, and Sherry Williams filed a petition

for permission to appeal from the interlocutory order. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(a).


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In a response filed on February 25, 2015, Jennifer Lee Johnson, Individually and as

next friend of Jarell Lee, a Minor, concurs that this is an appropriate case for

allowing a permissive appeal. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(f).

      The Court grants the petition for permissive appeal of the trial court’s order

of February 6, 2015. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k). Notice of appeal is deemed filed

as of the date of this Order. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k). The record is due March

13, 2015. See Tex. R. App. P. 35.1(b). The brief of the appellants is due twenty

days after the record is filed. See Tex. R. App. P. 38.6(a). The brief of the appellee

is due twenty days after the filing of the brief of the appellants. See Tex. R. App. P.

38.6(b). The Clerk of the Court shall file a copy of this Order with the trial court

clerk. See Tex. R. App. P. 28.3(k).

      ORDER ENTERED March 3, 2015.


                                                                 PER CURIAM

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




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