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Date
Ct.
Case Number
Case Name
Appealed From
Reporter Citation
December 2, 2011 29605 [ADA]

State v. Brooks (Order of Correction).  ICA Opinion, filed 10/21/2011 [ada], 125 Haw. 462.  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/01/2012.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/09/2012 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit
December 2, 2011 30413 [ADA]

AN (deceased v. IN (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal).

Family Court, 3rd Circuit
December 2, 2011 30639 [ADA]

Kobashigawa v. Silva.  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/21/2012.  S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/04/2012 [ada].  S.Ct. Opinion, filed 04/26/2013 [ada], 129 Haw. 313.

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit 126 Haw. 62
December 2, 2011 30684 [ADA]

In re Guardianship of SC (Order Approving Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal).

Family Court, 3rd Circuit
December 2, 2011 SCWC-30460 [ADA]

State v. Kaluau (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  Dissenting Opinion by J. Acoba [ada].  Dissenting Opinion by J. McKenna [ada].  ICA s.d.o., filed 08/29/2011 [ada], 125 Haw. 251.  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/24/2011.  

Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit
December 1, 2011 SCPW-11-0000751 [ADA]

Middleton v. Kibe (Order).  S.Ct. Order, filed 11/22/2011 [ada].

Original Proceeding
December 1, 2011 SCWC-29340 [ADA]

Kakinami v. Kakinami (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari). ICA s.d.o., filed 05/11/2011 [ada], 125 Haw. 30. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/18/2011. S.Ct. Opinion, filed 05/16/2012 [ada], 127 Haw. 126.  Concurring and Dissenting Opinion by J. Acoba, with whom J. McKenna joins [ada].

Family Court, 5th Circuit
December 1, 2011 SCWC-29623 [ADA]

State v. Baldado (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  Dissenting Opinion by J. Acoba, with whom J. Mckenna joins [ada].  ICA mem.op., filed 06/30/2011 [ada], 125 Haw. 242.  ICA Order of Correction, filed 07/26/2011 [ada].  Petition to Supreme Court for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/24/2011.  

Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit
December 1, 2011 SCWC-30096 [ADA]

Woodard v. Tabanara (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration).  ICA s.d.o., filed 06/30/2011 [ada], 125 Haw. 247.  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/12/2011.  S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/22/2011 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit
November 30, 2011 29495 [ADA]

Athens v. International Archaeological Research Institute, Inc. (s.d.o., affirmed).

Labor and Industrial Relations Appeals Board 126 Haw. 24
November 30, 2011 30271 [ADA]

West v. State (s.d.o., affirmed).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit 126 Haw. 25
November 30, 2011 30414 [ADA]

State v. Taumoepeau (s.d.o., affirmed).  Motion for Reconsideration, filed 12/08/2011.  ICA Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 12/16/2011 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit 126 Haw. 25
November 30, 2011 30479 [ADA]

Jones v. Hawaii Residency Programs, Inc. (Order Denying Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration of Summary Disposition Order).  ICA s.d.o., filed 11/14/2011 [ada], 126 Haw. 24.  Plaintiff-Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/25/2011.  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/05/2012.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/17/2012 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit.
November 30, 2011 30487 [ADA]

Nagao v. State (s.d.o., affirmed).  ICA Order of Correction, filed 12/29/2011 [ada].  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/22/2012.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/04/2012 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit 126 Haw. 25
November 30, 2011 30507 [ADA]

Scrivner v. State (s.d.o., affirmed).  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/28/2012.  S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/05/2012 [ada].  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/30/2012.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/14/2012 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit 126 Haw. 25
November 30, 2011 CAAP-10-0000176 [ADA]

Ko v. Adamus (s.d.o., affirmed).

Family Court, 1st Circuit 126 Haw. 25
November 30, 2011 CAAP-11-0000156 [ADA]

Battey v. State (s.d.o., affirmed).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit 126 Haw. 24
November 29, 2011 CAAP-10-0000032 [ADA]

Tamman v. Tamman (s.d.o., affirmed).  Motion for Reconsideration, filed 12/08/2011.  ICA Order Denying Defendant-Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration of Summary Disposition Order, filed 12/13/2011 [ada].  Petitioner-Defendant/Appellant’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/30/2012.  S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/08/2012 [ada].  S.Ct. s.d.o., filed 03/28/2012 [ada], 128 Haw. 115.

Family Court, 1st Circuit 125 Haw. 475
November 29, 2011 CAAP-10-0000103 [ADA]

Sorino v. State (s.d.o., affirmed).  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/28/2012.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/11/2012 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit 125 Haw. 475
November 29, 2011 CAAP-11-0000529 [ADA]

Yu v. Hirazumi (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit
November 29, 2011 CAAP-11-0000618 [ADA]

Edwards v. Mizukami (Order Granting Plaintiff-Appellee Donna C. Edwards’s September 26 2011 Motion to Dimiss Appeal, and Denying Defendant-Appellant Glenn K. Mizukami’s September 27 and November 17, 2011 Motions to Strike Plaintiff-Appellee Donna C. Edwards’s September 26, 2011 Motion to Dismiss Appeal).  Application for Writ of Certiorari to the Intermediate Court of Appeals, filed 12/08/2011.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 01/10/2012 [ada].  S.Ct. Order, filed 01/10/2012 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit
November 29, 2011 CAAP-11-0000648 [ADA]

Etzrpdt v. Pacblu (Order Dismissing Appeal and Cross-Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction).

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit
November 28, 2011 30442 [ADA]

State v. Villados (s.d.o., affirmed).  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 06/18/2012.  S.Ct. Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 07/20/12 [ada].  Dissenting Opinion by J. Acoboa [ada].  Motion for Reconsideration, filed 09/06/2012.  S.Ct. Order, filed 09/17/2012 [ada].  Dissenting Opinion by J. Acoba [ada].  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/09/2021.  S.Ct. Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/04/2021 [ada].  S.Ct. s.d.o., filed 08/25/2021 [ada], 149 Haw. 416.

Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit 125 Haw. 475
November 28, 2011 SCAD-11-0000162 [ADA]

Office of Disciplinary Counsel v. Partington (Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration of Order of Suspension and for Stay of All Proceedings).  S.Ct. Order of Suspension, filed 11/09/2011 [ada].  Dissenting Opinion by J. Nakayama, with whom J. Mckenna joins [ada]. Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/18/2011. S.Ct. Order Suspending Imposition of Discipline, filed 11/21/2011 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order of Correction, filed 12/08/2011 [ada].  S.Ct. Order of Clarification, filed 12/12/2011 [ada].  S.Ct. Order Denying Reinstatement, filed 02/08/2012 [ada].  S.Ct. Order Denying Motion to Vacate Suspension, filed 02/09/2012 [ada].  Motion for Reconsideration of Order Denying Reinstatement, filed 02/09/2012.  S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 02/16/2012 [ada].  S.Ct. Order, filed 02/29/2012 [ada].  S.Ct. Order Denying Motion as Moot, filed 03/14/2012 [ada].  S.Ct. Order Denying Motion, filed 09/01/2015 [ada].

Original Proceeding
November 28, 2011 SCCQ-11-0000747 [ADA]

Villon v. Marriott Hotel Services, Inc. (Order Denying Reconsideration).  S.Ct. Order on Certified Question, filed 11/08/2011 [ada]. 
Plaintiff-Appellant’s Motion for Reconsideration, filed 11/21/2011.  

Original Proceeding
November 28, 2011 SCWC-30469 [ADA]

Blaisdell v. Department of Public Safety (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari). Dissenting Opinion by J. Acoba [ada].  ICA s.d.o., filed 08/29/2011 [ada], 125 Haw. 251.  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/12/2011.  

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit
November 25, 2011 30657 [ADA]

Bank of America, National Association as Successor by Merger to Lasalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for Certificate Holders of Bear Stearns Asset Back Securities 1 LLC, Asset-Backed Certificates, Series 2006-HE7 v. Ramos (Order Dismissing Appeal Pursuant to HRAP Rule 30).

Civil Court, 3rd Circuit
November 25, 2011 CAAP-11-0000511 [ADA]

State v. Shine (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction).

District Court, 2nd Circuit
November 25, 2011 CAAP-11-0000513 [ADA]

State v. Shine (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction).

District Court, 2nd Circuit
November 25, 2011 CAAP-11-0000514 [ADA]

State v. Shine (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction).

District Court, 2nd Circuit
November 25, 2011 CAAP-11-0000515 [ADA]

State v. Shine (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction).

District Court, 2nd Circuit
November 23, 2011 28248 [ADA]

O’Gorek v. Hawaii Public Employees Health Fund (mem.op., affirmed).  ICA Order of Correction, filed 12/21/2011 [ada].  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/20/2012.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/02/2012 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit 126 Haw. 23
November 23, 2011 29962 [ADA]

Kersh v. Marketwatch Inc. (s.d.o., affirmed)

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit 125 Haw. 475
November 23, 2011 30725 [ADA]

Calahan v. Robinson (Order Dismissing Appeal Pursuant to HRAP Rule 30).

Family Court, 2nd Circuit
November 23, 2011 CAAP-11-0000075 [ADA]

In re K.D. -V and K.D. -K (s.d.o., affirmed).

Family Court, 2nd Circuit 126 Haw. 24
November 23, 2011 CAAP-11-0000312 [ADA]

Beam v. Beam.

Family Court, 1st Circuit 126 Haw. 58
November 23, 2011 SCWC-27580 [ADA]

Hamilton v. Lethem (Order Accepting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA Opinion, filed 06/30/2011 [ada]. Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/14/2011.  S.Ct. Opinion, filed 02/07/2012 [ada], 126 Haw. 294.

Family Court, 1st Circuit
November 22, 2011 29981 [ADA]

State v. Griffin.  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/05/2012.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 04/16/2012 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit 126 Haw. 40
November 22, 2011 30563 [ADA]

RMS Residential Properties, LLC, as Owner Desginee v. Valdez (s.d.o., affirmed).

Circuit Court, 3rd Circuit 125 Haw. 475
November 22, 2011 CAAP-10-0000128 [ADA]

Hartley v. Marsh (Order (1) Granting Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal of Defendant-Appellant John Marsh and (2) Order Setting Due Date of the Opening Brief for Defendant-Appellant C. Mikahala Kermabon).

Circuit Court, 2nd Circuit
November 22, 2011 CAAP-11-0000445 [ADA]

Wyrick v. Wyrick (Order Approving the Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal).

Family Court, 3rd Circuit
November 22, 2011 CAAP-11-0000505 [ADA]

State v. Goldman (Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction).  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 02/14/2012.  S.Ct. Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 03/27/2012 [ada].

District Court, 1st Circuit
November 22, 2011 SCOT-11-0000809 [ADA]

Keli‘ihananui v. Nguyen (Order).

Original Proceeding
November 22, 2011 SCPW-11-0000751 [ADA]

Middleton v. Kibe (Order).

Original Proceeding
November 22, 2011 SCWC-11-0000054 [ADA]

Association of Condominium Homeowners of Tropics at Waikele v. Sakuma
(Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Jurisdiction, filed 08/03/2011 [ada].  Appellant’s Motion
for Reconsideration, filed 08/11/2011.  ICA
Order Denying August 11, 2011 HRAP Rule 40 Motion for Reconsideration
of August 3, 2011 Order Dismissing Appeal for Lack of Appellate
Jurisdiction
, filed 08/17/2011 [ada].  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 11/04/2011. 

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit
November 22, 2011 SCWC-28413 [ADA]

Lee v. United Public Workers, AFSCME, Local 646, AFL-CIO (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA Opinion, filed 06/29/2001 [ada], 125 Haw. 317.   ICA Order of Correction, filed 08/04/2011 [ada].  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/18/2011.  

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit
November 22, 2011 SCWC-30096 [ADA]

Woodard v. Tabanara (Order Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA s.d.o., filed 06/30/2011 [ada], 125 Haw. 247.  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/12/2011. S.Ct. Order Denying Motion for Reconsideration, filed 12/01/2011 [ada].

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit
November 22, 2011 SCWC-30239 [ADA]

Doe v. Doe (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA mem.op., filed 05/19/2011 [ada], 130 Haw. 346.  Dissenting Opinion by J. Ginzoa [ada].  ICA Order of Correction, filed 05/24/2011 [ada].  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/17/2011.  

Family Court, 3rd Circuit
November 22, 2011 SCWC-30369 [ADA]

State v. Pflueger (Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari).  ICA mem.op., filed 06/23/2011 [ada], 130 Haw. 346.   Consolidated with No. 30419.  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 10/12/2011. 

Circuit Court, 5th Circuit
November 22, 2011 S.Ct SCWC-29818 [ADA]

Loher v. State (Order (1) Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on October 17, 2011 and (2) Dismissing Application for Writ of Certiorari and Motion to Serve Respondents filed on November 7, 2011).  Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/19/2003.  S.Ct. Order Granting Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed 05/27/2003 [pdf].  S.Ct. Order Dismissing Certiorari Proceeding, filed 06/16/2003 [pdf].  ICA mem.op., filed 05/31/2011, 130 Haw. 346.  Application for Writ of Certiorari filed by Petitioner’s Attorney, filed 10/17/2011.  Application for Writ of Certiorari filed by Petitioner, filed 11/07/2011.  Consolidated with No. 24489. ICA Order Vacating Judgments and Setting Further Briefing, filed 10/25/2016 [ada].  ICA s.d.o., filed 07/31/2017 [ada], 140 Haw. 249.

Circuit Court, 1st Circuit