IN THE SUPREME COURT OF TEXAS

(((((((((((((((( No. 08-0335 (((((((((((((((( KIRK WAYNE MCBRIDE, SR., Petitioner v. TEXAS BOARD OF PARDONS AND PAROLES, AND RESSIE OWENS, CHAIRMAN, Respondents

(((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((( On Petition for Review ((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((((

ORDER 1. The case is abated until further order of this Court and is removed from the Court's active docket. This premature appeal is abated under Tex. R. App. P. 27.2, to allow the trial court to consider rendering an order making the judgment final.

Done at the City of Austin, this 9th day of January 2009.

[pic] Blake A. Hawthorne, Clerk Supreme Court of Texas

By Claudia Jenks, Chief Deputy Clerk