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NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER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
                                            02-FEB-2024
                                            08:10 AM
                                            Dkt. 10 ODSLJ
                        NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

               IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

                      OF THE STATE OF HAWAI I

                MARK MALAGODI and JANET JOHNSTON,
        Plaintiffs/Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees, v.
             CAMERON E. NICE and MARTHA J. JACOBSEN,
                   aka MARTHA J. JACOBSEN-NICE,
           Defendants/Counterclaimants-Appellants, and
                  AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK, F.S.B.,
         a Federal Savings Bank, Defendant-Appellee, and
     JOHN DOES 1-20; JANE DOES 1-20; DOE PARTNERSHIPS 1-20;
    DOE CORPORATIONS 1-20; and DOE ENTITIES 1-20, Defendants

        APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
                    (CIVIL NO. 5CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

         ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
 (By:   Leonard, Acting Chief Judge, Nakasone and McCullen, JJ.)
          Upon review of the record, it appears that self-

represented Defendants/Counterclaimants-Appellants Cameron E.

Nice and Martha J. Jacobsen, AKA Martha J. Jacobsen-Nice (Nice

Parties) appeal from the Circuit Court of the Fifth Circuit's

April 17, 2023 "Order Approving Plaintiffs' Attorneys Fees and

Costs Incurred up to and Including Motion for Summary Judgment"

and October 11, 2023 "Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for Award

of Costs and Fees Filed on September 14, 2023."     We conclude that

the court lacks jurisdiction because the circuit court has not

yet entered a final, appealable judgment.     See Hawaii Revised

Statutes § 641-1(a) (2016); Hawai i Rules of Civil Procedure
  NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER

Rules 54(b), 58; Jenkins v. Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, 76

Hawai i 115, 119, 869 P.2d 1334, 1338 (1994).

             Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is

dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

             IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that all pending motions are

dismissed.

             DATED:   Honolulu, Hawai i, February 2, 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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