Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
June 12, 2019 Bridget M. McCormack,
Chief Justice
158077 David F. Viviano,
Chief Justice Pro Tem
Stephen J. Markman
In re PAROLE OF RONALD IRWIN. Brian K. Zahra
_________________________________________ Richard H. Bernstein
Elizabeth T. Clement
MACOMB COUNTY PROSECUTING Megan K. Cavanagh,
Justices
ATTORNEY,
Appellee,
v SC: 158077
COA: 342963
Macomb CC: 2017-000053-AP
RONALD IRWIN,
Appellant,
_________________________________________
PAROLE BOARD,
Intervenor.
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On order of the Court, the application for leave to appeal the June 7, 2018 order of
the Court of Appeals is considered and, pursuant to MCR 7.305(H)(1), in lieu of granting
leave to appeal, we REMAND this case to the Court of Appeals for consideration, as on
leave granted, of whether the Parole Board clearly abused its discretion by granting
parole. We note that a similar issue was presented in In re Parole of Layman (Docket
No. 157104), which we remanded to the Court of Appeals for consideration as on leave
granted by order dated April 3, 2018, and which was decided in In re Parole of Layman,
unpublished per curiam opinion of the Court of Appeals, issued September 20, 2018
(Docket No. 341112). Further, we note that a similar issue is presented in In re Parole of
Plunkett (Docket No. 159032), which we remanded to the Court of Appeals for
consideration as on leave granted by order dated June 12, 2019. In all other respects,
leave to appeal is DENIED, because we are not persuaded that the remaining questions
presented should be reviewed by this Court.
VIVIANO, J. did not participate because he presided in the circuit court as the
sentencing judge in the underlying criminal case.
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.
June 12, 2019
t0605
Clerk