Title: State v. Shaw

State: hawaii

Issuer: Hawaii Supreme Court

Document:

LAW LIBRARY

 

‘*** NOT FOR PUBLICATION
No. 26814

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

 

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Petitioner-Appellee — ~

  

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MICHAEL SHAW, Respondent-Appellant

 

APPEAL FROM THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(8.B. NO. 04-1-0178)

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

 

Upon review of the record, it appears that S.P. No. 04~
1-0178 was a circuit court civil proceeding governed by the
Hawas's Rules of Civil Procedure. See HRS § 846E-3(d); HRCP 1.
The circuit court’s August 18, 2004 order was not reduced to a
separate judgment, as required by HRCP 58. See Jenkins v. Cades
Schutte Fleming 4 Weight, 76 Hawai'i 115, 869 P.2d 1334 (1994) (an
order that resolves claims in a circuit court civil case is not
appealable unless the order is reduced to a separate judgment
pursuant to HRCP 58). Thus, the appeal of the August 18, 2004

  

order 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 27, 2005.