
    John PRICE v. STATE of North Carolina OFFICE OF the STATE AUDITOR.
    No. 471P14.
    Supreme Court of North Carolina.
    March 17, 2016.
    Brandon L. Truman, Assistant Attorney General, for State of North Carolina Office of the State Auditor.
    Michael C. Byrne, for Price, John.
    Valerie L. Bateman, OSHR General Counsel, for State of North Carolina Office of the State Auditor.
    John F. Maddrey, Solicitor General, for State of North Carolina Office of the State Auditor.
    ORDER
   Upon consideration of the petition filed on the 22nd of December 2014 by State of NC 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 17th of March 2016."

ERVIN, J. recused.  