Order                                                                                       Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                  Lansing, Michigan

  March 5, 2012                                                                                       Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                Chief Justice

  143861 & (24)                                                                                       Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                            Marilyn Kelly
                                                                                                      Stephen J. Markman
                                                                                                      Diane M. Hathaway
                                                                                                          Mary Beth Kelly
  PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN,                                                                        Brian K. Zahra,
            Plaintiff-Appellee,                                                                                      Justices

  v                                                                SC: 143861
                                                                   COA: 304991
  KWAME KILPATRICK,                                                Wayne CC: 08-010496-FH
             Defendant-Appellant.
  ____________________________________/

         On order of the Court, the motion to file a brief amicus curiae is GRANTED. The
  application for leave to appeal the August 30, 2011 order of the Court of Appeals is
  considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.302(H)(1), in lieu of granting leave to appeal, we
  REMAND this case to the Court of Appeals for consideration as on leave 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.
                          March 5, 2012                       _________________________________________
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