Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

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

Michael F. Cavanagh Marilyn Kelly 144186 Stephen J. Markman Diane M. Hathaway Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra, ALEX A. LEMERAND, Justices Plaintiff-Appellant, v SC: 144186 COA: 298637 Court of Claims LC No. 09-000067-MZ UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN REGENTS, Defendant-Appellee.

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the October 20, 2011 judgment of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the case of McCahan v Brennan (Docket No. 142765), is pending on appeal before this Court and that the decision in that case may resolve an issue raised in the present application for leave to appeal, we ORDER that the application be held in ABEYANCE pending the decision in that case.

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 _________________________________________ d0416 Clerk