COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIRST DISTRICT OF TEXAS AT HOUSTON ORDER Appellate case name: James Eric Higginbotham v. The State of Texas Appellate case number: 01-12-00547-CR Trial court case number: 1773747 Trial court: County Criminal Court at Law No. 3 of Harris County In order to properly withdraw from representing a party in this Court, an attorney must file a motion that complies with the requirements of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 6.5, including delivering the motion to the party either in person or by both certified and first-class mail to the party’s last known address. See TEX. R. APP. P. 6.5(b), (d). The “Notice of Substitution of Counsel” filed on May 6, 2013 in this appeal does not indicate that the withdrawing attorney complied with this requirement of Rule 6.5. Accordingly, we STRIKE the notice and the “Unopposed Motion for Continuance of Time to File Appellant’s Brief” filed by Gene Tausk, without prejudice to refiling if a compliant motion to withdraw and substitute is filed and granted.

It is so ORDERED.

Judge’s signature: /s/ Rebeca Huddle  Acting individually  Acting for the Court

Date: May 7, 2013