Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  August 25, 2015                                                                                      Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                       Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                           Mary Beth Kelly
  150527(10)                                                                                                Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                    Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                          David F. Viviano
                                                                                                      Richard H. Bernstein,
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                                    Justices
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
                                                                    SC: 150527
  v                                                                 COA: 323485
                                                                    Wayne CC: 04-003956-FC
  MAURICE MARCEL SIMPKINS,
             Defendant-Appellant.
  _________________________________________/

          On order of the Chief Justice, the motion of plaintiff-appellee to extend the time
  for filing its answer to the application for leave to appeal is GRANTED. The answer will
  be accepted as timely filed if submitted on or before October 20, 2015.




                           I, Larry S. Royster, Clerk of the Michigan Supreme Court, certify that the
                     foregoing is a true and complete copy of the order entered at the direction of the Court.
                                 August 25, 2015
                                                                               Clerk
