Title: Johnson v. Beaman

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

LAW LIBRARY

*** NOT FOR PUBLICATION ***
No. 27739

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
NETTIE JOHNSON, Plaintiff-Appellant

vs.

JAMES BEAMAN and HAWAII DISABILITY RIGHTS CENTER fna PROTECTION
‘AND ADVOCACY OF HAWAII, Defendants-Appellees

 
  
 

APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT

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upon review of the record, it appears that
January 26, 2006 judgment, the Honorable Karen $.S. Ahn,
presiding, was certified as a final judgment under HRCP 54(b),
but the judgment does not contain the language necessary for HRCP
54(b) certification. See Jenkins v. Cades Schutte Fleming &
Wright, 76 Hawai'i 115, 119-120, 869 P.2d 1334, 1338-39
(1994) ("(1]£ @ judgment purports to be the final judgment in a
case involving multiple claims or multiple parties . . . [and] .
Af the judgment resolves fewer than all claims against all
parties, . . . an appeal may be taken only if the judgment
contains the language necessary for certification under HRCP
S4(b). . . « [T]he necessary finding of no just reason for delay
«+s must be included in the judgment.”). ‘Thus, this appeal is
premature and we lack jurisdiction. Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 25, 2006.
FOR THE COURT:

Peete Ge
Associate Justice

 

‘considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Accba, and Duffy, 29.