ORDER

The petition for writ of certiorari in the above-entitled case having been granted and the Court having considered a motion to dismiss writ of certiorari as improvidently granted with response filed thereto, it is this 27th day of December, 2007,

ORDERED, by the Court of Appeals of Maryland, a majority of the Court concurring, that the motion to dismiss be, and it is hereby granted; and it is further

ORDERED that the writ of certiorari be, and it is hereby, dismissed with costs, the petition having been improvidently granted.