
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS


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                                 No. 08-0098
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              Employees Retirement System Of Texas, Petitioner

                                     v.

                         Carl M. Patton, Respondent

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                           On Petition for Review
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      ORDER

      1.    The  unopposed  motion  to  abate  case  pending  completion  of
settlement, filed on March 4, 2008, is granted, and this case is  ABATED  to
allow the parties to proceed with settlement negotiations.
      2.    The case is abated until further order  of  this  Court  and  is
removed from the Court's active docket subject to reinstatement upon  proper
motion.  All other documents pending or filed are abated  subject  to  being
reurged  in  the  event  the  case  is  reinstated.   It  is  the   parties'
responsibility to immediately notify  this  Court  of  any  changes  in  the
settlement proceedings on or before May 3, 2008.
      Done at the City of Austin, this 14th day of March, 2008.

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                                       Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk
                                       Supreme Court of Texas


                                       By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk




