Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-01-11 19:03:09.409073+00
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Electronically Filed
                                                     Supreme Court
                                                     SCAD-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                     11-JAN-2023
                                                     08:26 AM
                         SCAD-XX-XXXXXXX
                                                     Dkt. 57 OGP
           IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

                  OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL,
                            Petitioner,

                                vs.

                DEXTER K. KAʻIAMA, (Bar No. 4249),
                            Respondent.

                        ORIGINAL PROCEEDING
                      (ODC Case No. 18-0339)

                      ORDER GRANTING PETITION
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ.)

           Upon review of the December 29, 2022 submission by

 Respondent Dexter K. Kaʻiama, the exhibits attached thereto, the

 January 4, 2023 submission from the Office of Disciplinary

 Counsel, and the record in this matter, we find that Respondent

 Kaʻiama, in his most recent submission, has informed this court

 that he will not participate in the investigations by the Office

 of Disciplinary Counsel into allegations of misconduct brought

 against him, and that he will not comply with this court’s

 December 19, 2022 order to show cause with regard to the pending

 petition, filed October 20, 2022, to suspend him immediately from

 the practice of law, pursuant to Rule 2.12A of the Rules of the

 Supreme Court of the State of Hawaiʻi (RSCH).   We further find
that Respondent Kaʻiama has failed to cooperate with ODC’s

investigations, including, inter alia, by his failure to honor a

valid October 6, 2022 subpoena issued against him in those

investigations, pursuant to RSCH Rule 2.12.    Therefore,

          IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the October 20, 2022 petition

is granted.

          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the law license of

Respondent Kaʻiama is suspended, effective upon entry of this

order, pursuant to RSCH Rule 2.12A(b), until further order of

this court.

          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this order imposing

suspension upon Respondent Kaʻiama shall constitute a suspension

for purposes of RSCH Rule 2.16.   The Disciplinary Board of the

Hawaiʻi Supreme Court and Respondent Kaʻiama shall therefore

comply with the relevant requirements of that Rule.

          IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the clerk of the court,

pursuant to RSCH Rule 2.16(f), shall promptly transmit by

electronic means a copy of this order to all judges of the State

of Hawaiʻi.

          DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, January 11, 2023.

                                      /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                      /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                      /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                      /s/ Michael D. Wilson

                                      /s/ Todd W. Eddins

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