' Od> Shanisha Y. Smith 7373 Ardmore Street #1446 Houston, Texas 77054 smith shanisha(5),yahoo.com October 1,2015 Texas Court of Criminal Appeals RECEIVED IN ©QUBTOFCRMNA! APPEALS Court of Criminal Appeals P.O. Box 12308 , OCT 09 2315 Austin, Texas 78711 cc: Ab@IAcoste.Cler>' Letitia D. Quinones 1207 S. Shepherd Dr. Houston, Texas 77019 713-523-7878 713-523-7887 (Fax) quinoneslaw(S),yahoo.com (Email) Dear Clerk: RE: Samuels, Jonathan Edgar, 11.07 HC; WR-82,485-01 & WR-82,485-02 I accepted a position as a federal judicial law clerk to the Honorable George C. Hanks, Jr. for the Southern District of Texas. My appointment term began September 8, 2015. My current case was forwarded to the Court of Criminal Appeals onNovember 21, 2014, with both sides' application, briefs, and findings of fact and conclusions of law. The case is still pending before the Court. However, I am prohibited from practicing law during my term of employment. A judicial employee should not engage in the practice of law except that a judicial employee may act pro se, may perform routine legal work incident to the management of the personal affairs of the judicial employee or a member of the judicial employee's family, and may provide pro bono legal services in civil matters, so long as such pro se, family, or pro bono legal work does not present an appearance of impropriety, does not take place while on duty or in the judicial employee's workplace, and does not interfere with the judicial employee's primary responsibility to the office in which thejudicial employee serves. I may have additional limitations imposed by my appointing judge or the Court. I amtransferring the case to myco-counsel, who hasbeen involved with the case from the beginning: Ms. Letitia D. Quinones. Therefore, please remove me from the case and enter Ms. Letitia Quinones as a notice of appearance as of the date of this letter. Please send all notices and correspondence to the new attorney on the case. Thank you for your time. Please contact me if you have any questions or concerns. DATE: lo/>-lhC_ Sincerely, FILE IN WRITFILE Shanisha Y. Smith BY: L^-^