Navatek Capital Inc. v. Kao

• Court: Hawaii Supreme Court
• Decided: December 23, 2025
• Docket: SCWC-22-0000364
• Status: Published

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 23-DEC-2025 11:24 AM Dkt. 14 OGAC

SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

NAVATEK CAPITAL INC., individually and derivatively on behalf of Nominal Defendant PacMar Technologies LLC, fka Martin Defense Group, LLC, fka Navatek LLC, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

MARTIN KAO, Petitioner/Defendant/Cross-Claim Defendant-Appellant,

and

PACMAR TECHNOLOGIES LLC, fka Martin Defense Group, LLC, fka Navatek LLC, Respondent/Nominal Defendant/Cross-Claimant-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1CCV-XX-XXXXXXX)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Copeland, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Petitioner Martin Kao’s Application for Writ of

Certiorari, filed on October 29, 2025, is hereby accepted and

will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be

notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall submit

supplemental briefing on the following:

1. What constitutes “sufficient cause for

postponement” under HRS § 658A-23(a)(3)?

2. What factors should be considered in deciding

whether a civil proceeding in Hawaiʻi should be stayed due to

pending criminal charges based on Article I, Section 10 of the

Hawaiʻi Constitution?

Within thirty days from the date of this order, each

party shall file a supplemental brief, not exceeding twenty

pages in length, exclusive of title page(s), indices,

appendices, and certificate of service. No responses shall be

filed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, December 23, 2025.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

/s/ Rebecca A. Copeland