*0 FILE COPY *1 FILE COPY C O U R T O F A P P E A L S S E C O N D D I S T R I C T O F T E X A S CHIEF JUSTICE CLERK TIM CURRY CRIMINAL JUSTICE CENTER BONNIE SUDDERTH DEBRA SPISAK 401 W. BELKNAP, SUITE 9000 FORT WORTH, TEXAS 76196-0211 JUSTICES CHIEF STAFF ATTORNEY SUE WALKER LISA M. WEST TEL: (817) 884-1900 BILL MEIER LEE GABRIEL GENERAL COUNSEL FAX: (817) 884-1932 ELIZABETH KERR CLARISSA HODGES MARK T. PITTMAN www.txcourts.gov/2ndcoa J. WADE BIRDWELL

December 7, 2017 Caroline Cook John T. Eck

Consovoy McCarthy Park, PLLC 933 W. Weatherford St.

3033 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700 Fort Worth, TX 76102

Arlington, VA 22201 * DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL *

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Hon. David L. Evans Rebekah Perry Ricketts Regional Presiding Judge

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Bldg.

2100 McKinney Ave., Ste. 1100 100 N. Calhoun St., 2nd Floor

Dallas, TX 75201-6912 Fort Worth, TX 76196

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William Consovoy Matthew D. McGill

Consovoy McCarthy Park, PLLC Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP

3033 Wilson Blvd., Suite 700 1050 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.

Arlington, VA 22201 Washington, DC 20036

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Kristi Crawford Civil District Clerk, Tarrant County

Cherokee Nation Tom Vandergriff Civil Courts Bldg.

P.O. Box 948 100 N. Calhoun St., 2nd Floor

Tahlequah, OK 74465 Fort Worth, TX 76196

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Hon. Timothy A. Menikos Debra A. Windsor

Judge, 323rd District Court Assistant District Attorney

Juvenile Justice Center 401 W. Belknap St.

2701 Kimbo Rd. Fort Worth, TX 76196-0201

Fort Worth, TX 76111-3007 * DELIVERED VIA E-MAIL *

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RE: Court of Appeals Number: 02-17-00298-CV, 02-17-00300-CV

Trial Court Case Number: 323-103401-16, 323-105593-17 Style: In the Interest of A.M., a Child

02-17-00298-CV

December 7, 2017

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