Court Opinion

ID: 9945308
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Date Created: 2024-02-27 18:05:06.993221+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T14:25:25.980845
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER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
                                            27-FEB-2024
                                            07:55 AM
                                            Dkt. 45 OAWST
                         NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

                IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

                       OF THE STATE OF HAWAI I

US BANK TRUST NA, AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST,
                      Plaintiff-Appellant, v.
       BRANDON MILES SENTARO DANIEL; DESIREE D. BAJO-DANIEL;
     NOHEA MARIA DANIEL; TITLE GUARANTY ESCROW SERVICES, INC.;
       CATHY FELKINS; ALL PROFESSIONAL HAWAI I REALTY, INC.,
                     Defendants-Appellees, and
    JOHN and MARY DOES 1-20; DOE PARTNERSHIPS, CORPORATIONS or
                  OTHER ENTITIES 1-20, Defendants

    BRANDON MILES SENTARO DANIEL; DESIREE D. BAJO-DANIEL; and
        NOHEA MARIA DANIEL, Counterclaimants-Appellees, v.
US BANK TRUST NA, AS TRUSTEE FOR LSF8 MASTER PARTICIPATION TRUST,
                 Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant

                TITLE GUARANTY ESCROW SERVICES, INC.,
                       Crossclaimant-Appellee, v.
        BRANDON MILES SENTARO DANIEL; DESIREE D. BAJO-DANIEL;
                  NOHEA MARIA DANIEL; CATHY FELKINS;
                ALL PROFESSIONAL HAWAI I REALTY, INC.,
                    Crossclaim Defendants-Appellees

         APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT
                       (CASE NO. 2CC171000406)

               ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL
 (By:    Leonard, Acting Chief Judge, Nakasone and McCullen, JJ.)
            Upon consideration of the Notice of Stipulation for
Dismissal of Appeal, filed February 15, 2024, by Plaintiff/
Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant U.S. Bank Trust (U.S. Bank), the
papers in support, and the record, it appears that (1) the appeal
has been docketed; (2) U.S. Bank and Defendant/Crossclaimant-
Appellee Title Guaranty Escrow Services, Inc. (Title Guaranty)
stipulate to dismiss U.S. Bank's appeal, under Hawai i Rules of
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Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 42(b), and each party shall bear
their own attorneys' fees and costs on appeal; (3) the
stipulation is dated and signed by counsel U.S. Bank and Title
Guaranty, but not any other parties to the appeal; (4) no party
filed a response to the stipulation; (5) the stipulation fails to
demonstrate the parties that did not sign the stipulation are
nominal appellees who need not sign the stipulation; 1 and (6)
nonetheless, the court will construe the stipulation as U.S.
Bank's motion to dismiss the appeal, under HRAP Rule 42(b), and
grant the requested relief.
            Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Notice of
Stipulation for Dismissal of Appeal, construed as a motion to
dismiss the appeal, is granted and the appeal is dismissed.              The
parties shall bear their own attorneys' fees and costs on appeal.
            DATED:   Honolulu, Hawai i, February 27, 2024.

                                          /s/ Katherine G. Leonard
                                          Acting Chief Judge

                                          /s/ Karen T. Nakasone
                                          Associate Judge

                                          /s/ Sonja M.P. McCullen
                                          Associate Judge

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         For instance, U.S. Bank's civil appeal docketing statement identifies
at least two issues on appeal to include the circuit court's failure to (1)
dismiss Defendant/Cross-Claim Defendant-Appellee All Professional Hawaii
Realty Inc. and self-represented Defendant/Cross-Claim Defendant-Appellee
Cathy Felkins (Felkins), and (2) compel the testimony of Felkins, among
others.

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