Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  September 20, 2011                                                                                  Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

                                                                                                      Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                            Marilyn Kelly
                                                                                                      Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                      Diane M. Hathaway
  142234(51)                                                                                              Mary Beth Kelly
                                                                                                          Brian K. Zahra,
                                                                                                                     Justices



  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,
                                                                   SC: 142234
  v                                                                COA: 293285
                                                                   Macomb CC: 2009-000434-FC
  MAURICE ANTHONY RICHARDS,
             Defendant-Appellant.
  ______________________________________


         On order of the Chief Justice, the motion by defendant-appellant for extension to
  September 7, 2011 of the time for filing his brief on appeal is considered and it is
  granted.




                          I, Corbin R. Davis, 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.
                          September 20, 2011                  _________________________________________
                                                                              Clerk
