Sandomire v. Brown

CourtHawaii Supreme Court
DecidedJanuary 9, 2026
DocketSCWC-23-0000431
StatusPublished

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Sandomire v. Brown, (haw 2026).

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 09-JAN-2026 10:31 AM Dkt. 21 ODSAC

SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I

DANIEL M. SANDOMIRE; KATY YEN-JU CHEN; TRUDI MELOHN, individually and as Co-Trustee under the William Charles Melohn III Revocable Trust dated June 4, 2010 and Co-Trustee under the Trudi Melohn Revocable Trust dated June 4, 2010; and WILLIAM CHARLES MELOHN III, individual and as Co-Trustee under the William Charles Melohn III Revocable Trust dated June 4, 2010 and Co-Trustee under the Trudi Melohn Revocable Trust dated June 4, 2010, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees,

vs.

DAVID EDWARD BROWN and LANHUA KAO BROWN, Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1CC151002267)

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

Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants David Edward Brown and

Lanhua Kao Brown (Petitioners) filed an application for writ of

certiorari on January 6, 2026. At that time, the Intermediate Court

of Appeals (ICA) had not yet filed a Judgment on Appeal. The ICA

filed its Judgment on Appeal on January 7, 2026. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Petitioners’

application for writ of certiorari, filed on January 6, 2026, is

dismissed without prejudice to re-filing the application pursuant to

Hawaiʻi Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 40.1(a) (2020) (“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.” (emphasis added)).

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i, January 9, 2026.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Todd W. Eddins

/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza

/s/ Vladimir P. Devens

/s/ Kauanoe A.D. Jackson

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