May 6, 2005 Mr. R. William Wood Wood Thacker & Weatherly, P.C.

400 North Carroll Blvd., Suite 202 Denton, TX 76201 Honorable James Gary Sanderson 60th District Court PO Box 3707 Beaumont, TX 77704-3707 Mr. Russell S. Post Beck Redden & Secrest, L.L.P. 1221 McKinney, Suite 4500 Houston, TX 77010-2010 Mr. William J. Eggleston Eggleston & Briscoe Clay Street, Suite 4800 Houston, TX 77002 Mr. Mike Griffin Griffin & Jones West Oak Street, Suite 300 Denton, TX 76201 RE: Case Number: 05-0347 Court of Appeals Number: 09-05-00079-CV Trial Court Number: B-173346 Style: IN RE HARROLD E. (GENE) WRIGHT Dear Counsel: The Supreme Court of Texas granted Relator's Emergency Motion for Temporary Relief and issued the enclosed stay order in the above-referenced case. The Court requests that real parties in interest file a response to the petition for writ of mandamus as amended. The response is due to be filed in this office no later than 3:00 p.m., May 16, 2005. PLEASE NOTE Tex. R. App. P. 9.2(b), does not apply. There is no filing fee associated with this requested response.

The petition for writ of mandamus, as amended, remains pending before this Court.

Sincerely, [pic] Andrew Weber, Clerk by Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk |cc:|Ms. Carol Anne | | |Flores | | |Ms. Lolita Ramos |