Case Name: William R. HANCOCK, individually and as Trustee of Hancock and Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust, under trust instrument April 3, 1993, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KULANA PARTNERS, LLC, a Hawaii Limited Liability Company; et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-06-09
Citations: 692 F. App'x 329
Docket Number: No. 14-15233
Parties: William R. HANCOCK, individually and as Trustee of Hancock and Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust, under trust instrument April 3, 1993, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KULANA PARTNERS, LLC, a Hawaii Limited Liability Company; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: WALLACE, FARRIS, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 692
Pages: 329–329

Head Matter:
William R. HANCOCK, individually and as Trustee of Hancock and Company, Inc. Profit Sharing Trust, under trust instrument April 3, 1993, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KULANA PARTNERS, LLC, a Hawaii Limited Liability Company; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-15233
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Argued and Submitted October 20, 2016, Honolulu, Hawaii
FILED JUNE 09, 2017
Timothy Joseph Hogan, Attorney, Honolulu, HI, for Plaintiff-Appellant.
Jade Lynne Ching, Attorney, Nakashi-ma Ching LLC, Honolulu, HI, John S. Rhee, Esquire, Attorney, Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing, Honolulu, HI, for Defendant-Appellee Kulana Partners, LLC.
Eric Blake Levasseur, Esquire, Royce Robert Remington, Attorneys, Hahn, Loeser & Parks, LLP, Cleveland, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Fidelity National Title and Escrow of Hawaii, Inc.
Before: WALLACE, FARRIS, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
ORDER
The mandate issued in this case is hereby RECALLED. We WITHDRAW our previous memorandum disposition filed on November 7, 2016 (Dkt. 37) and replace it with the one filed concurrently with this order.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
MEMORANDUM
William R. Hancoek appeals from the district court's judgment dismissing his claims for declaratory relief, injunctive relief, and trespass and ejectment. We have jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Having' reviewed the relevant materials, we believe that a clarification of Hawaii law would resolve this case. Accordingly, we vacate the judgment and remand to the district court with instructions to certify the following questions to the Hawaii Supreme Court pursuant to Hawaii Rule of Appellate Procedure 13:
1. Whether a claim relating to a forged deed is subject to the statute of limitations for fraud?
2. Whether the recording of a deed provides constructive notice in an action for ' fraud?
We are mindful that our framing of these questions does not limit the Hawaii Supreme Court's "consideration of any issues that it determines are relevant" and that "it may in its discretion reformulate the question[s]." Cornhusker Cas. Ins. Co. v. Kachman, 514 F.3d 982, 989 (9th Cir. 2008).
VACATED AND REMANDED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.