Order Michigan Supreme Court Lansing, Michigan February 10, 2021 Bridget M. McCormack, Chief Justice Brian K. Zahra 162266-7(55) David F. Viviano Richard H. Bernstein Elizabeth T. Clement Megan K. Cavanagh DENNIS UPPLEGER and KATHY Elizabeth M. Welch, UPPLEGER, Justices Plaintiffs-Appellants, SC: 162266, 16226 v COA: 348551; 348928 St. Clair CC: 17-000559-NH MCLAREN PORT HURON, NALINI SAMUEL, M.D., individually and doing business as BLUE WATER NEUROLOGY CLINIC, P.C., DEVPRAKASH SAMUEL, M.D., AUBREY JOZEFIAK, R.N., MELISSA COOK, R.N., MICHELLE FRANCISCO, R.N., and CATHERINE FOURNIER, R.N., Defendants-Appellees. ______________________________________/ On order of the Chief Justice, the motion of defendants-appellees Nalini Samuel, M.D., individually and doing business as Blue Water Neurology Clinic, P.C., to extend the time for filing their answer to the application for leave to appeal is GRANTED. The answer will be accepted as timely filed if submitted on or before February 26, 2021.

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.

February 10, 2021 Clerk