Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 14th of March 2017 by Defendants (McCrory, Perry, Senter, and Craddock) in this matter for discretionary review of the decision of the North Carolina Court of Appeals pursuant to G.S. 7A-31, the following order was entered and is hereby certified to the North Carolina Court of Appeals:
"Denied by order of the Court in conference, this the 8th of June 2017."