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Order entered July 23, 2014

                                                          In The
                                          Court of Appeals
                                   Fifth District of Texas at Dallas
                                                 No. 05-14-00389-CV

                               IN RE CHARLES ANTHONY ALLEN, Relator

                        Original Proceeding from the 292nd Judicial District Court
                                          Dallas County, Texas
                                  Trial Court Cause No. CV99-01573-V

                                                        ORDER
            Before the Court is relator’s pleading, which he styles a petition for bill of review, in

    which relator challenges this Court’s order dismissing his petition for writ of habeas corpus for

    want of jurisdiction. A bill of review, or a petition in the nature of a bill of review, is a

    proceeding in equity for the purpose of setting aside a prior judgment of the trial court. Fender

    v. Moss, 629 S.W.2d 192, 194 (Tex. App.—Dallas), writ refused n.r.e., 637 S.W.2d 922 (Tex.

    1982); TEX. R. CIV. P. 329b(f) (“On expiration of the time within which the trial court has

    plenary power, a judgment cannot be set aside by the trial court except by bill of review for

    sufficient cause, filed within the time allowed by law.”). There is no comparable procedure for

    an out of time attack on the judgment of an appellate court.1 Because this court’s plenary power

    over the order relator complains of has expired, TEX. R. APP. P. 19.1(a), even if relator’s bill of

1
    Motions for rehearing in original proceedings must be filed within 15 days after the final order is rendered. TEX. R.
    APP. P. 52.9. Relator did not file a timely motion for rehearing.
review presented valid reasons for reconsidering its decision, this Court would have no power to

set aside its order dismissing realtor’s petition for writ of habeas corpus for want of jurisdiction.

See Cadle Co. v. Lobingier, 50 S.W.3d 662, 671 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 2001, pet. denied).

We DISMISS relator’s bill of review.

                                                      /s/     CAROLYN WRIGHT
                                                              CHIEF JUSTICE