
    Emily M. ARMSTRONG, by and through her Guardian Ad Litem, G. Bryan Collins, Jr., and Sandra Armstrong and William Earl Armstrong v. James A. BARNES, Jr., M.D., Newton Women's Care, P.A., Catawba Memorial Hospital, Inc., and Catawba Valley Medical Center, Inc.
    No. 390P05.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    July 28, 2005.
    David H. Batten, Jaye E. Bingham, Raleigh, for James A. Barnes, Jr., M.D.
    C. Mark Holt, William C. Bystrynski, Raleigh, Jeffrey T. Mackie, Hickory, for Emily M. Armstrong, et al.
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the petition filed by Defendant (James A. Barnes, Jr., M.D.) on the 25th day of July 2005 for Writ of Supersedeas and Motion for Temporary Stay of the judgment of the Court of Appeals in this matter, 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 28th day of July 2005."  