Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

December 16, 2014 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

Michael F. Cavanagh 150308(14)(15) Stephen J. Markman Mary Beth Kelly Brian K. Zahra WALTER FILAS, Bridget M. McCormack Plaintiff-Appellant, David F. Viviano, Justices SC: 150308 v COA: 323353 Ingham CC: 14-000197-CZ TEACHER TENURE COMMISSION, JAMES M. PETRIE, KAREN K. LESLIE, NANCY DANHOF, PATRICK MCKENNON, DAVID CAMPBELL, ROBERT TAYLOR, and JAMES R. WARD, Defendants-Appellees. ________________________________________/

On order of the Chief Justice, the motions of plaintiff-appellant to exceed the page limit for his reply brief and to extend the time for filing that brief are GRANTED. The proposed reply brief that was previously submitted will be accepted as timely filed if re- filed on or before December 23, 2014.

I, Larry S. Royster, 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. December 16, 2014