Opinion ID: 4527256
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Heading: Time and place of filing. When a civil appeal is

Text: permitted by law, the notice of appeal shall be filed (continued. . .) 7  FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAIʻI REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER  In filings regarding these motions, counsel for Foyt represented Foyt had not received a copy of the final judgment until after Christmas of 2018, had then spent several weeks searching for an attorney, and that counsel had been officially retained on January 17, 2019. He represented that the day before he had been retained, he had spoken with counsel for DLIR, who informed him that DLIR would not be appealing the circuit court’s final judgment and that DLIR would not be willing to file a motion to extend time to file a notice of appeal, but would stipulate to an extension of time for Foyt to appeal. Counsel for Foyt also declared he had not heard back from Eckard Brandes’ counsel as to whether the company would also be willing to so stipulate. Counsel also pointed out that Foyt was directly affected by the final judgment disallowing the additional wages that DLIR had ordered Eckard Brandes to pay to him. By orders entered on February 13, 2019, the circuit court granted both motions. The order granting Foyt’s motion to extend the time to file a notice of appeal from the December 19, 2018 judgment for an additional thirty days stated that the within 30 days after entry of the judgment or appealable order. . . . . 8  FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST’S HAWAIʻI REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER  circuit court’s decision was based on counsel’s arguments and “excusable neglect.”