Court Opinion

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Order                                                                                         Michigan Supreme Court
                                                                                                    Lansing, Michigan

  December 12, 2013                                                                                     Robert P. Young, Jr.,
                                                                                                                  Chief Justice

                                                                                                        Michael F. Cavanagh
                                                                                                        Stephen J. Markman
  147956 (24)                                                                                               Mary Beth Kelly
                                                                                                             Brian K. Zahra
  KENNETH MOTT,                                                                                      Bridget M. McCormack
                                                                                                           David F. Viviano,
                                                                                                                       Justices
                Plaintiff-Appellant,

  v                                                                  SC: 147956
                                                                     COA: 316716
  KINROSS CORRECTIONAL FACILITY WARDEN,

                Defendant-Appellee.
  ___________________________________
        On order of the Chief Justice, the motion for reconsideration of Plaintiff’s motion
  to waive fees is DENIED because MCL 600.2963 requires that a prisoner pursuing a civil
  action be liable for filing fees. Ordinarily, MCL 600.2963 would preclude plaintiff from
  seeking leave to appeal in this Court because of a failure to provide the initial partial fee,
  as ordered. However, applying that statutory section to bar review of plaintiff’s original
  complaint for habeas corpus in the Court of Appeals would violate the Equal Protection
  Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. Smith v Bennett, 365 US 708; 81 S Ct 895; 6 L
  Ed 2d 39 (1961).

         The Clerk shall furnish two copies of this order to plaintiff. Plaintiff has 21 days
  from the certification of this order to submit one of those copies to this Court. By doing
  that, plaintiff becomes responsible for paying the $375 filing fee. MCL 600.2963.
  Failure to timely submit the order will result in the appeal not being docketed in this
  Court. The Clerk shall retain plaintiff’s pleadings until he timely submits the order or the
  21-day period for doing so has expired.

          Plaintiff is not required to pay an initial partial fee at the time he submits the order
  to this Court. The Department of Corrections is directed to collect amounts equal to 50
  percent of the deposits made to plaintiff’s account each month and remit $375 to this
  Court when that full amount is collected. Plaintiff may not file further appeals in this
  Court from civil cases initiated by him until the entry fee in this appeal is paid in full.
  MCL 600.2963(8).

                            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.
                            December 12, 2013
          jam
                                                                                Clerk