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NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER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
                                            18-MAY-2023
                                            08:10 AM
                                            Dkt. 151 OGMD
                        NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX

               IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

                      OF THE STATE OF HAWAI I

          HAWAIIAN RANCHOS ROAD MAINTENANCE CORPORATION,
 Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant-Appellee, v. JERRY HALVORSEN;
     JUDITH BOND, Defendants/Counterclaimants-Appellees, and
      LARRY SHELTON; GEORGE CLINE; RAY RAQUINIO; JERRY FINE,
            Defendants/Counterclaimants-Appellants, and
           DOES 1-20, Defendants/Counterclaim Defendants

       APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT
                    (CIVIL NO. 3CC181000222)

                  ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS
       (By:   Ginoza, Chief Judge, Wadsworth and Chan, JJ.)
          Upon consideration of the Stipulation for Dismissal of
Appeal With Prejudice as to Defendants[/Counterclaimants]-
Appellants George Cline [(Cline)] and Ray Raquinio
[(Raquinio)](stipulation), filed April 28, 2023, by
Plaintiff[/Counterclaim Defendant]-Appellee Hawaiian Ranchos Road
Maintenance Corporation (HRRMC), the papers in support, and the
record, it appears that:   (1) the appeal has been docketed and
the filing fees have been paid; (2) HRRMC, Cline and Raquinio
stipulate to dismiss the appeal with prejudice as to Cline and
Raquinio only; (3) the stipulation states that Cline and Raquinio
have paid HRRMC a certain sum for attorneys' fees and costs on
appeal, and that the parties shall bear on their own any
additional attorneys' fees and costs on appeal; (4) the
stipulation is dated and signed by counsel for HRRMC, Cline and
Raquinio, but not by any other parties or counsel who have
appeared in the appeal; (5) the stipulation has been served on
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all parties who have appeared in the appeal; (6) no party filed
an objection to the stipulation; and (7) because not all parties
signed the stipulation, the court will construe it as a motion to
dismiss the appeal as to Cline and Raquinio only, under Hawai i
Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 42(b), and grant the motion.
            Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is
granted.    The appeal is dismissed with prejudice as to Cline and
Raquinio.    HRRMC, Cline, and Raquinio shall bear on their own any
attorneys' fees and costs on appeal beyond those already paid to
HRRMC by Cline and Raquinio as of April 28, 2023.
            DATED:   Honolulu, Hawai i, May 18, 2023.

                                       /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza
                                       Chief Judge

                                       /s/ Clyde J. Wadsworth
                                       Associate Judge

                                       /s/ Derrick H.M. Chan
                                       Associate Judge

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