jan. 9–10: bamn held a press conference at cass tech high school in detroit announcing that their appeal of the federal appeals court decision overturning the delay of the ban on affirmative action. the next day, after placing holds on admissions, the university of michigan announced that they will comply with the ban on affirmative action. hours later, supreme court justice john paul stevens responded to bamn's appeal of the 6th u.s. circuit court of appeals decision overturning the delay of proposal 2's implementation and ordered all briefs due by january 17. u-m, wayne state, msu, and michigan governor jennifer granholm all filed briefs in support. michigan attorney general mike cox urged stevens to deny the injunction. on january 19, the supreme court denied bamn's appeal without comment.