Title: Johnson v. Nakkim

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

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No. 27682

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘T

 

LARRY A. JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellee =
LYNN B. NAKKIM, Defendant-Appellant

APPEAL FROM THE THIRD CIRCUIT COURT
(crv. No. 05-1-0141)

 

 

(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)
upon consideration of Plaintiff-Appellee Larry A.
Johnson's motion to dismiss the appeal of Defendant-Appellant
Lynn 8. Nakkim for lack of appellate jurisdiction, the papers in
support, and the records and files herein, it appears that: (1)
pursuant to HRS § 641-1, appeals shall be allowed in civil
matters from all final judgments, orders and decrees: (2) an

appeal may be taken from circuit court orders resolving claims

 

against parties only after the orders have been reduced to a
Judgnent and the judgnent has been entered in favor of and
against the appropriate parties pursuant to Rule 58 of the
Hawai'i Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 58. Jenkins v. Cades
Schutte Fleming @ Wricht, 76 Hawai'i 115, 119, 869 P.2d 1334,
1338 (1994); (3) an appeal from a decision that has not be
xeduced to a final judgment is premature and must be dismissed

for lack of jurisdiction. Id; (4) Appellant is appealing from

 

an order that has not been reduced to a final judgment; and (5)
the appeal is premature, and this court lacks appellate
jurisdiction. Therefore,

IT 1S HEREBY ORDERED that the motion to dismiss appeal
for lack of appellate jurisdiction is granted, and this appeal is
dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the request for attorney’ s
fees and coste is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'l, March 20, 2006.

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