Order                                                                                        Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                   Lansing, Michigan

  April 23, 2012                                                                                       Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                 Chief Justice

  143999                                                                                               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: 143999
                                                                    COA: 305105
                                                                    Muskegon CC: 03-049612-FC
  JAMES MATTHEW EAVES,
           Defendant-Appellant.

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          On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the September 13, 2011
  order of the Court of Appeals is considered, and it is DENIED, because the defendant has
  failed to meet the burden of establishing entitlement to relief under MCR 6.508(D).




                           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.
                           April 23, 2012                      _________________________________________
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