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In the Court of Appeals Second Appellate District of Texas at Fort Worth No. 02-19-00245-CR CHARLES CLEVELAND NOWDEN, Appellant V. THE STATE OF TEXAS

On Appeal from the 297th District Court Tarrant County, Texas Trial Court No. 1080543D

ORDER It has come to the court’s attention that the notice of appeal from the above- referenced trial court cause number was filed under a criminal docket number. The appeal should have been given a civil docket number. See Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Ann. art. 47.12(a); Bretz v. State, 508 S.W.2d 97, 97–98 (Tex. Crim. App. 1974).

Accordingly, appeal number 02-19-00245-CR is ordered closed. The appeal from the above trial court cause number will proceed under appeal number 02-19-00297-CV in FILE COPY

the same manner as in other civil cases. All papers that have been filed in the closed appeal number shall be considered filed in appeal number 02-19-00297-CV.

We direct the clerk of the court to send a notice of this order to the appellant, the attorneys of record, the trial court judge, the trial court clerk, and the court reporter.

Dated August 14, 2019.

Per Curiam