Lawson v. Attorney General

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: March 9, 2015
• Docket: SCWC-13-0005700
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-13-0005700 09-MAR-2015 09:24 AM

SCWC-13-0005700

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

MATHEW LAWSON, Petitioner/Appellant-Appellant,

vs.

ATTORNEY GENERAL, Respondent/Appellee-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-13-0005700; CIV. NO. 13-1-1331)

ORDER DISMISSING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

It appearing that the judgment on appeal in the above-

referenced matter not having been filed by the Intermediate Court

of Appeals at the time the application for certiorari was filed,

see Hawai#i Revised Statutes § 602-59(a) (Supp. 2013); see also

Hawai#i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 36(b)(1) (2012),

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Petitioner’s application for

writ of certiorari, filed March 3, 2015, is dismissed without

prejudice to re-filing the application pursuant to HRAP Rule

40.1(a) (2014) (“The application shall be filed within thirty

days after the filing of the intermediate court of appeals’

judgment on appeal or dismissal order, unless the time for filing the application is extended in accordance with this rule.”).

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, March 9, 2015.

Mathew Lawson /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald petitioner pro se /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson