Kamehameha v. Wilson
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Opinion
NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER
Electronically Filed Intermediate Court of Appeals CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX 15-JAN-2025 08:12 AM Dkt. 81 SO
NO. CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX
IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I
PRINCE NI#I LOA MOE-KAPU KAMEHAMEHA, Petitioner-Appellant, v. LEONA ROCHA WILSON, Respondent-Appellee.
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SECOND CIRCUIT WAILUKU DIVISION (CASE NO. 2DSS-XX-XXXXXXX)
SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER (By: Leonard, Acting Chief Judge, Hiraoka and Nakasone, JJ.)
Self-represented Petitioner-Appellant Prince Ni#i Loa
Moe-Kapu Kamehameha (Kamehameha) appeals from the Denied Petition
for Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order and for Injunction
Against Harassment [(Petition for TRO)] entered on June 9, 2022
(Order Denying Petition), by the Wailuki Division of the District
Court of the Second Circuit (District Court).1
Kamehameha raises a single point of error on appeal,
contending that the District Court lacked jurisdiction.
Upon careful review of the record and the briefs
submitted by the parties, and having given due consideration to
1 The Honorable Christopher M. Dunn presided. NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI#I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER
the arguments advanced and the issues raised, we resolve
Kamehameha's point of error as follows:
Kamehameha appears to argue that the State of Hawai#i
does not have jurisdiction over him or over land in Hawai#i
because the Kingdom of Hawai#i is a sovereign state.
We conclude that the District Court had jurisdiction
over Kamehameha and the Petition for TRO, which he filed. See
State v. Kaulia, 128 Hawai#i 479, 487, 291 P.3d 377, 385 (2013).
Kamehameha makes no cogent argument that the District Court erred in entering the Order Denying Petition.
Accordingly, the District Court's June 9, 2022 Order
Denying Petition is affirmed.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, January 15, 2025.
On the briefs: /s/ Katherine G. Leonard Acting Chief Judge Prince Ni#i Loa Moe-Kapu Kamehameha, /s/ Keith K. Hirakoka Plaintiff-Appellant Pro se. Associate Judge
Deborah K. Wright, /s/ Karen T. Nakasone Douglas R. Wright, Associate Judge (Wright & Kirschbraun), for Respondent-Appellee.
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