
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS


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                                 No. 08-0977
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                     In Re  Ruben S. Martin III, Relator

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                      On Petition for Writ of Mandamus
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      ORDER

      1.    This case is  ABATED,  pursuant  to  Texas  Rules  of  Appellate
Procedure  7.2(b),  for  thirty  days  to  allow  the  successor  judge   to
reconsider the court's order issued September 19, 2008.
      2.     The case shall be abated, and removed from the  Court's  active
docket, for thirty 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 March 9, 2009.

      Done at the City of Austin, this 6th day of February, 2009.

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                                       Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk
                                       Supreme Court of Texas


                                       By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk




