Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
January 13, 2011 Robert P. Young, Jr.,
Chief Justice
141439-40(144) Michael F. Cavanagh
Marilyn Kelly
PATRICK McCARTHY, Maura D. Corrigan
Stephen J. Markman
Plaintiff-Appellant, Diane M. Hathaway
v SC: 141439-40 Mary Beth Kelly,
COA: 293482; 293483 Justices
Oakland CC: 2008-089426-NO;
EDWARD SOSNICK, WENDY L. POTTS, 2008-094425-NO
KEVIN M. OEFFNER, RICHARD M. LYNCH,
JEANNE STEMPIEN, KATHLEEN J.
McCANN, THOMAS J. RYAN, BARRY M.
GRANT, MICHAEL J. TALBOT, DIANE M.
GARRISON, NANCY J. DIEHL, RONALD F.
ROSE, NANCY J. GRANT, GOVERNOR OF
MICHIGAN, ATTORNEY GENERAL,
OAKLAND COUNTY CIRCUIT COURT,
and JUDICIAL TENURE COMMISSION,
Defendants-Appellees.
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On order of the Court, the motion for full-Court consideration of the motion for
disqualification of the entire bench is considered, and it is GRANTED. Upon full-Court
consideration of the plaintiff’s motion, we DENY the plaintiff’s motion to disqualify the
entire bench for the reason that no justice is persuaded that there is any ground for
disqualification of any other justice. The motion for oral argument regarding
disqualification is DENIED.
YOUNG, C.J. I do not participate in the order or the Court’s decision-making under
the new rule for the reasons stated in my November 25, 2009 dissent from the rule’s
promulgation.1
CORRIGAN, J. I do not participate in deciding the motion for full-Court review
under the new version of MCR 2.003 for the reasons stated in my November 25, 2009
dissent from the rule’s promulgation.2
1
See 485 Mich civ, cxxxii (2009) (YOUNG, J., dissenting).
2
See 485 Mich civ, cxx (2009) (CORRIGAN, J., dissenting).
2
MARY BETH KELLY, J., not participating.
I, Corbin R. Davis, 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.
January 13, 2011 _________________________________________
d0112 Clerk