Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-14 19:07:59.10572+00
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

                                                  Electronically Filed
                                                  Intermediate Court of Appeals
                                                  CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                  09-NOV-2023
                                                  07:51 AM
                                                  Dkt. 41 ODSD
                           NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

                 IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

                         OF THE STATE OF HAWAI I

 LEONA R. WILSON, TRUSTEE OF THE LEONA R. WILSON REVOCABLE TRUST
         DATED DECEMBER 27, 2001, Petitioner-Appellee, v.
           SIR JON FREEMAN ELEU SANTOS, aka JON SANTOS,
              aka PRINCE NI ILOA MOE-KAPU KAMEHAMEHA,
                       Respondent-Appellant

          APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT
                       (CASE NO. 2CSP-XX-XXXXXXX)

                       ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
   (By:    Wadsworth, Presiding Judge, Nakasone and Guidry, JJ.)
             Upon review of the record, it appears that:

             (1) The opening brief was due on a first extension on

or before August 31, 2023;

             (2) Self-represented Respondent-Appellant Sir John

Freeman Eleu Santos, aka Jon Santos, aka Prince Ni i Loa Moe-Kapu

Kamehameha (Santos) failed to file the opening brief or request a

further extension of time;

             (3) On September 6, 2023, the appellate clerk entered a

default notice1 informing Santos that the time for filing the

opening brief had expired, the matter would be called to the

court's attention on September 18, 2023, for appropriate action,

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         The default notice was electronically mailed to Santos on
September 6, 2023.
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which could include dismissal of the appeal under Hawai i Rules

of Appellate Procedure Rule 30, and Santos could request relief

from default by motion; and

             (4) Santos not taken any further action in this appeal.

             Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is

dismissed.

             DATED:   Honolulu, Hawai i, November 9, 2023.

                                        /s/ Clyde J. Wadsworth
                                        Presiding Judge

                                        /s/ Karen T. Nakasone
                                        Associate Judge

                                        /s/ Kimberly T. Guidry
                                        Associate Judge

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