Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-11-14 19:08:00.540321+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NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER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
                                            06-NOV-2023
                                            08:13 AM
                                            Dkt. 23 ODSD

                         NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

                 IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

                       OF THE STATE OF HAWAI I

              KEAKA MARTIN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v.
   DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES; LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF HAWAII,
                       Defendants-Appellees

         APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT
                     (CIVIL NO. 3CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

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

            (1) The opening brief was due on or before July 11,

2023;

            (2) Self-represented Plaintiff-Appellant Keaka Martin

(Martin) failed to file the opening brief or request an extension

of time;

            (3) On July 18, 2023, the appellate clerk entered a

default notice informing Martin that the time for filing the

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

court's attention on July 28, 2023, for appropriate action, which

could include dismissal of the appeal under Hawai i Rules of

Appellate Procedure Rule 30, and Martin could request relief from

default by motion; and
  NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

             (4) Martin has not taken any further action in this

appeal.

             Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is

dismissed.

             DATED:   Honolulu, Hawai i, November 6, 2023.

                                        /s/ Keith K. Hiraoka
                                        Presiding Judge

                                        /s/ Clyde J. Wadsworth
                                        Associate Judge

                                        /s/ Karen T. Nakasone
                                        Associate Judge

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