PER CURIAM

Appellant's brief was originally due December 1, 2003. On February 5, 2004, appellant's appointed attorney, Ms. Sylvia Griffith Sanders, was ordered to tender a brief for filing no later than March 5, 2004. The Court later granted Sanders's request that the time for filing be extended to April 5, 2004. The brief has not been received.

The district court is ordered to conduct a hearing to determine whether counsel has abandoned this appeal. Tex. R. App. P. 38.8(b)(2). The court shall make appropriate findings and recommendations. If present counsel is not prepared to prosecute this appeal in a timely fashion, the court shall appoint substitute counsel who will effectively represent appellant on appeal. A record from this hearing, including copies of all findings and orders and a transcription of the court reporter's notes, shall be forwarded to the Clerk of this Court for filing as a supplemental record no later than May 21, 2004. Rule 38.8(b)(3).

It is ordered April 22, 2004.

Before Justices Kidd, B. A. Smith and Pemberton

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