Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  March 21, 2018                                                                                       Stephen J. Markman,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

                                                                                                            Brian K. Zahra
                                                                                                    Bridget M. McCormack
  156198(95)                                                                                              David F. Viviano
                                                                                                      Richard H. Bernstein
                                                                                                           Kurtis T. Wilder
                                                                                                     Elizabeth T. Clement,
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                                    Justices
            Plaintiff-Appellant,
                                                                     SC: 156198
  v                                                                  COA: 328956
                                                                     Wayne CC: 15-000755-FC
  ALPHONSO L. STRAUGHTER, JR.,
             Defendant-Appellee.
  _________________________________________/

         On order of the Chief Justice, the motion of James Dayson to file a brief amicus
  curiae brief is DENIED without prejudice to Mr. Dayson submitting a proposed brief
  amicus curiae within 21 days of the date of this order, along with a new motion asking the
  Court to accept the brief.




                           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.
                                  March 21, 2018

                                                                               Clerk
