Court Opinion

ID: 9917258
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Date Created: 2024-01-11 19:03:01.425622+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:02:00.043969
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER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
                                                  11-JAN-2024
                                                  07:55 AM
                                                  Dkt. 18 ODSLJ
                            NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

                  IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

                          OF THE STATE OF HAWAI I

                   BRONSON JONES and CHASSIDIE JONES,
                        Plaintiffs-Appellees, v.
                2 BROS. SERVICES, LLC, dba IZZY TOWS IT;
               KAINOA JUSTIN AH SING; and ISRAEL ALVAREZ,
                          Defendants-Appellants

          APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
                      (CIVIL NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

           ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
   (By:    Leonard, Presiding Judge, Nakasone and McCullen, JJ.)
             Upon review of the record, self-represented Defendants-
Appellants Kainoa Justin Ah Sing and Israel Alvarez appeal from
the October 4, 2023 "Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for **
Summary Judgment Against Defendants Kainoa Ahsing [sic] and
Israel Alvarez" (October 4, 2023 Order) entered in the Circuit
Court of the First Circuit in 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX.           The court lacks
appellate jurisdiction because the circuit court has not entered
a final, appealable order or judgment, see Hawaii Revised
Statutes (HRS) § 641-1(a) (2016); Hawai i Rules of Civil
Procedure Rules 54(b), 58; Jenkins v. Cades Schutte Fleming &
Wright, 76 Hawai i 115, 119, 869 P.2d 1334, 1338 (1994), and the
October 4, 2023 Order is not independently appealable under the
collateral-order or Forgay1 doctrines, nor has the circuit court
granted leave for interlocutory appeal under HRS § 641-1(b).              See
Greer v. Baker, 137 Hawai i 249, 253, 369 P.3d 832, 836 (2016)

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          Forgay v. Conrad, 47 U.S. 201 (1848).
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(setting forth the requirements for appealability under the
collateral-order doctrine and the Forgay doctrine); HRS § 641-
1(b) (specifying requirements for leave to file interlocutory
appeal).
           Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is
dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.
           DATED:   Honolulu, Hawai i, January 11, 2024.

                                      /s/ Katherine G. Leonard
                                      Presiding Judge

                                      /s/ Karen T. Nakasone
                                      Associate Judge

                                      /s/ Sonja M.P. McCullen
                                      Associate Judge

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