Order Michigan Supreme Court
Lansing, Michigan
September 4, 2008 Clifford W. Taylor,
Chief Justice
137195 Michael F. Cavanagh
Elizabeth A. Weaver
Marilyn Kelly
Maura D. Corrigan
Robert P. Young, Jr.
Stephen J. Markman,
IN RE EXECUTIVE MESSAGE SC: 137195 Justices
of GOVERNOR REQUESTING the
AUTHORIZATION of a CERTIFIED QUESTION
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The Governor’s September 2, 2008 Executive Message, pursuant to MCR
7.305(A)(1), requested this Court to authorize the Court of Appeals to certify a question
relating to the removal proceeding to be conducted by the Governor against the Mayor of
Detroit. On the same date, the plaintiff Mayor filed a claim of appeal in Detroit Mayor v
Governor (Court of Appeals Docket No. 287462) and, by peremptory order of September
2, 2008, the Court of Appeals affirmed the Wayne Circuit Court and denied the plaintiff
Mayor’s motion for a stay. On September 3, 2008, the plaintiff Mayor filed in this Court
(Docket No. 137197) an emergency application for leave to appeal from that Court of
Appeals decision. This Court denied that application on September 4, 2008.
Accordingly, in response to the Executive Message, we respectfully decline the request to
authorize the certified question because it is effectively moot.
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.
September 4, 2008 _________________________________________
p0903 Clerk