Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan May 10, 2006 Clifford W. Taylor, Chief Justice Michael F. Cavanagh 128059(53) Elizabeth A. Weaver Marilyn Kelly Maura D. Corrigan Robert P. Young, Jr. Stephen J. Markman, BRUCE B. FEYZ, Justices Plaintiff-Appellee, SC: 128059 v COA: 246259 Monroe CC: 02-014174-CZ MERCY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, MEDICAL STAFF OF MERCY MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, RICHARD HILTZ, JAMES MILLER, D.O., JOHN KALENKIEWICZ, M.D., J. MARSHALL NEWBERN, D.O., and ANTHONY SONGCO, M.D., Defendants-Appellants.

_______________________________________ On order of the Chief Justice, the motion by defendants-appellants for extension of time for filing their reply brief 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.

May 10, 2006 _________________________________________ Clerk