Case Title: Virtudes v. State

Citation: 

Docket Number: 

State: hawaii

Court: Hawaii Supreme Court

Date: 2006-03-24T00:00:00Z

Document:
no. 27460

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent-Appellee

 

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APPEAL FROM THE FIRST crRcurT court |
(8.2. NO, 02-1-0248)

ORDER

(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)

upon consideration of Respondent~Appellee State of

Hawaii’s motion to dismiss the appeal of Petitioner-Appellant
Jayson Ames Virtudes due to Appellant’s failure to timely serve
documents, or in the alternative, the motion for an extension of
time to file the answering brief, the papers in support, and the
records and files herein, it appears that: (1) on August 23,
2005, Appellant filed a notice of appeal from the order granting
the second motion for summary judgment; (2) this is a civil
appeal governed by HRS § 641-1, which provides that appeals shall
be allowed in civil matters from final judgments, orders, and
decrees: (3) an appeal may be taken from circuit court orders
resolving claims against parties only after the orders have been
reduced to a judgment and the judgment has been entered in favor
of and against the appropriate party pursuant to Rule S@ of the
Hawai'i Rule of Civil Procedure. Jenkins v, Cades Schutte
fs & Weight, 76 Hawai'i 115, 118, 869 P.2d 1334, 1338
(1994); (4) an appeal from a decision that has not been reduced
to a final judgment must be dismissed for lack of jurisdiction
dus (5) the trial court in the instant case did not enter 2
final judgment; and (6) the appeal is premature and the court
lacks jurisdiction. Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the State’s motion to dismiss
the appeal based upon Appellant’s failure to properly serve
docunents or for an extension of time to file the answering brief
sa denied.

IT 18 FURTHER ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction.

DATED: Honoluly, Hawai", Mazeh 24, 2006.

Lisa M. Ttomura,
Deputy Attorney’ General,

for respondent-appellee
on the motion