ORIGINAL 03/07/2022 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA Case Number: DA 21-0605 DA 21-0605 -nfa Itirwn Mv-ir BOARD OF REGENTS OF HIGHER EDUCATION OF THE STATE OF MONTANA, MAR 0 7 2022 Bowen Cifeenwood Petitioner and Appellee, Clerk of Supreme Court qtatt. nf Ninntena v. ORDER THE STATE OF MONTANA, by and through Austin Knudsen, Attorney General of the State of Montana in his official capacity, Respondent and Appellant.

Donald E. Kilmer of Caldwell, Idaho, has petitioned for permission to appear pro hac vice before this Court in the above-entitled cause.

Having reviewed the application and having determined that, as required by our Rules for Admission to the Bar of Montana, Petitioner is currently in good standing with another state jurisdiction in which Petitioner is admitted to the practice of law, Montana counsel listed in the application is in good standing with the State Bar of Montana, and this is the first appearance of Petitioner and the first appearance of Petitioner's firm under the pro hac vice rules, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the application of Donald E. Kilmer to appear pro hac vice in the above-entitled cause is GRANTED.

The Clerk is directed to provide copies of this order to Donald E. Kilmer, to all counsel of record in this appeal, and to the State Bar of Montana.

DATED this if- — day of March, 2022.

For the Court,

Chief Justice