ENTRY ORDER 2017 VT 1 SUPREME COURT DOCKET NO. 2016-428 JANUARY TERM, 2017 Representative Donald Turner, Jr. and } ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Senator Joseph Benning } } v. } } Governor Peter Shumlin }

In the above-entitled cause, the Clerk will enter: ¶ 1. Senator Richard Sears’ motion to file an amicus curiae brief in support of respondent’s position is granted. Amicus Curiae’s motion for an additional ten minutes to argue beyond the time allotted to respondent is denied.

BY THE COURT:

Paul L. Reiber, Chief Justice Publish John A. Dooley, Associate Justice Do Not Publish Marilyn S. Skoglund, Associate Justice

Harold E. Eaton, Jr., Associate Justice

Walter M. Morris, Jr., Superior Judge (Retired), Specially Assigned