Title: Petran v. Kalua

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

LAW LipRaRy

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No. 27784

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

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JOLENTA ALLENCASTRE PETRAN, Plaintiff-Appellee
DENNIS L. KALUNA, GOLDIE L. NAONE, Defendants-Appellants
and

ARNOLD ALLENCASTRE, CYNTHIA ALLENCASTRE, STEPHEN P. ALLENCASEBE,
Defendants-Appellees &

 

and

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HOA, et al., Defendants =

 

APPEAL FROM THE SECOND CIRCUIT counT S| B
(crv. NO. 97-0205)

PEAL
(sy: Nakayama, J., for the court!)

Upon review of the record, it appears that the
December 27, 2005 judgment was appealable by notice of appeal
filed by January 26, 2006, thirty days after entry of the
judgment. See HRAP 4(a)(1). Appellants’ notice of appeal was
filed on February 8, 2006 and was an untimely appeal of the
December 27, 2005 judgment. The failure to file a timely notice
of appeal in a civil matter is a jurisdictional defect that can
neither be waived by the parties nor disregarded by the appellate
court in the exercise of judicial discretion. Bacon v. Karlin,
68 Haw. 648, 650, 727 P.2d 1127, 1128 (1986); HRAP 26(b) (“[N]O

‘congidered by: Moon, C-J., Levinson, Nakayama, Accba, and Duffy, J9.
 

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court or judge or justice is authorized to change the
jurisdictional requirement [of the 30-day appeal period)

contained in Rule 4 of (the HRAP]

 

Thus, we lack jurisdiction
over this appeal. Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 8, 2006.
FOR THE COURT:

Poesia OS nner

Associate Justice