Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan

September 21, 2016 Robert P. Young, Jr., Chief Justice

153181 Stephen J. Markman Brian K. Zahra Bridget M. McCormack David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF MICHIGAN, Joan L. Larsen, Plaintiff-Appellee, Justices

v SC: 153181 COA: 330187 Saginaw CC: 14-040635-FC JUSTIN LEE THOMAS, Defendant-Appellant.

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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the December 30, 2015 order of the Court of Appeals is considered and, it appearing to this Court that the cases of People v Steanhouse (Docket No. 152849) and People v Masroor (Docket Nos. 152946-8) are pending on appeal before this Court and that the decisions in those cases may resolve an issue raised in the present application for leave to appeal, we ORDER that the application be held in ABEYANCE pending the decisions in those cases.

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. September 21, 2016 t0914 Clerk