
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS


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                                 No. 04-0858
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     Wayne Scott And Gary Johnson, Texas Department Of Criminal Justice,

                                     v.

                               CHARLES GODWIN

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                     On Petition for Petition for Review
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      ORDER

      1.    The motion to abate  appeal,  filed  on  November  3,  2004,  is
granted, and this case is ABATED  to  allow  the  parties  to  proceed  with
settlement negotiations.
      2.    This 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 about any changes in  status
in the settlement proceedings on or before November 30, 2004.

      Done at the City of Austin, this 12th day of November, 2004.

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                                       Andrew Weber, Clerk
                                       Supreme Court of Texas


                                       By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk




