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IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI # I

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FRANK KAMEHAMEHA TAMEHALOHA ANUUMEALANI NOBRIGA, in his capacity as Kahuna of the Temple of Lono, Pro Se, and LANNY ALAN SINKIN, in his capacity as Kahuna of the Temple of Lono, Pro Se, Petitioners-Appellants,

vs.
BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAII; DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAII; SUZANNE CASE, in her official capacity as Chair of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources; and UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO, Respondents-Appellees,

and
MAUNA KEA ANAINA HOU and KEALOHA PISCIOTTA; CLARENCE KUKAUAKAHI CHING; FLORES-CASE # OHANA; DEBORAH J. WARD; PAUL K. NEVES; and KAHEA: THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE, a domestic non-profit corporation; TMT INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATORY, LLC; HARRY FERGERSTROM; MEHANA KIHOI; C.M. KAHO # OKAHI KANUHA; JOSEPH KUALI # I LINDSEY CAMARA; J. LEINA# ALA SLEIGHTHOLM; MAELANI LEE; THE TEMPLE OF LONO; KALIKOLEHUA KANAELE; PERPETUATING UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES, INC.; STEPHANIE-MALIA TABBADA; TIFFNIE KAKALIA; GLEN KILA; DWIGHT J. VICENTE; BRANNON KAMAHANA KEALOHA; CINDY FREITAS, AND WILLIAM FREITAS, Intervenors-Appellees.

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APPEAL FROM THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES

(BLNR-CC-16-002 (Agency Appeal))

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF APPELLATE JURISDICTION (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Nishimura, in place of Nakayama, J., recused)

Upon consideration of (1) respondent-appellee Board of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai # i’s (“BLNR”) motion to Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCOT-16-0000804 20-DEC-2016 03:11 PM

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November 16, 2016, (2) respondent-appellee University of Hawai # i at Hilo’s (“UH Hilo”) motion to dismiss appeal of lack of appellate jurisdiction, filed on November 21, 2016, (3) petitioners-appellants Frank Kamehameha Temehaloha Anuumealani Nobriga and Lanny Alan Sinkin’s opposition to the BLNR’s motion to dismiss, filed on November 23, 2016, (4) petitioners-appellants Frank Kamehameha Temehaloha Anuumealani Nobriga and Lanny Alan Sinkin’s opposition to UH Hilo’s motion to dismiss, filed on November 29, 2016, (5) intervenor-appellee TMT International Observatory, LLC’s joinder to UH Hilo’s motion to dismiss, (6) the respective supporting documents, and (7) the record herein, it appears that this court lacks jurisdiction over the appeal. Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction. As this court does not have jurisdiction over the appeal, all other requests for relief are dismissed. 1



### DATED: Honolulu, Hawai # i, December 20, 2016. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Rhonda A. Nishimura

Thi s cou rt al so no tes t hat a n unl icens ed in dividual m ay no t def end 1 the i ntere sts o f oth er en titie s or perso ns. See H RS § 605-2 (“No pers on sh all be al lowedto p racti ce inany court of t he St ate u nless that pers on ha s bee n duly licen sed s o to do bythe supre me co urt[. ]”); HRS § 605- 14 (“ It sh all b e unlaw ful f or an y per son . . . to en gage in oratte mpt t o eng age i n or to of fer to en gage in th e pra ctice of l aw, o r to do oratte mpt t o do or of fer t o do any act c onsti tutin g the prac tice of la w, ex cept and t o the exte nt th at th e per son

. . . is l icens ed orauth orize d to do so [.]”) ; Oah u Plumbing& Sh eet Metal, Ltd. v. Ko na Co nstr. , Inc ., 60 Haw. 372, 374- 77, 5 90 P. 2d 57 0, 57 2-74 (1979 ) (onlylice nsed attor neys may r epres ent c orpor ation s andothe r ind ividu als).



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