Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2023-05-12 20:03:35.003829+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:18:58.221875
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NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER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
                                                 12-MAY-2023
                                                 08:50 AM
                                                 Dkt. 62 ODSLJ
                           NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

                 IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

                         OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

          HAWAIIAN RANCHOS ROAD MAINTENANCE CORPORATION,
           a Hawaii corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v.
         GORDON FREDRICK SCHICK, Defendant-Appellee, and
           MATHILDA NOILANI MASON, Defendant-Appellant,
     and JOHN DOES 1-10; JANE DOES 1-10; DOE ENTITIES 1-10,
           and DOE GOVERNMENTAL UNITS 1-10, Defendants.

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

    ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF APPELLATE JURISDICTION
        (By: Ginoza, Chief Judge, Wadsworth and Chan, JJ.)
           Upon review of the record, it appears that self-
represented Defendant-Appellant Mathilda Noilani Mason appeals
from the Circuit Court of the Third Circuit's (circuit court)
January 19, 2023 "Order Granting Plaintiff's Ex Parte Motion for
Order Authorizing Service by Certified Mail and Publication, and
to Allow Posting on the Property" (Service Order).
          The court lacks jurisdiction over the appeal because
the circuit court has not entered a final, appealable order or
judgment. See Hawai#i 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). Further, the Service Order is not
independently appealable under the collateral-order doctrine, the
Forgay1 doctrine, or HRS § 641-1(b). See Greer v. Baker, 137

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         Forgay v. Conrad, 47 U.S. 201 (1848).
  NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

Hawai#i 249, 253, 369 P.3d 832, 836 (2016) (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.
           IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all pending motions are
dismissed.
           DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, May 12, 2023.

                                      /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza
                                      Chief Judge

                                      /s/ Clyde J. Wadsworth
                                      Associate Judge

                                      /s/ Derrick H.M. Chan
                                      Associate Judge

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