AOAO Queen Emma Gardens v. Ma

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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-30694 12-JUL-2013 01:54 PM SCWC-30694 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I AOAO QUEEN EMMA GARDENS and TOUCHSTONE PROPERTIES, LTD., Respondents/Appellants-Respondents/Appellees, vs. TOMMY WAI HUNG MA and SINDY YEE MA, Petitioners/Appellees-Petitioners/Appellants, and OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATIVE HEARINGS, CONDOMINIUM DISPUTE RESOLUTION PILOT PROGRAM, DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondents/Appellees/Appellees. CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 30694; CIVIL NO. 09-1-1257) ORDER DISMISSING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.) Upon review of the record, it appears that: (1) prior to the issuance of the judgment on appeal, Plaintiffs/Appellees/ Petitioners-Appellants Tommy Wai Hung Ma and Sindy Yee Ma (Petitioners) filed an Application for Writ of Certiorari to the Hawai#i Supreme Court or Alternatively for Transfer (Hawai#i Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 40.1, 40.2) challenging the denial of attorneys fees; (2) after the issuance of the judgment on appeal, Petitioners requested, and the appellate clerk entered, a thirty-day extension of time to file an application for a writ of certiorari; (3) Petitioners should raise all issues related to this case, including the denial of attorneys fees, in a single application for writ of certiorari; and (4) the application for transfer is untimely. Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Application for Writ of Certiorari to the Hawai#i Supreme Court or Alternatively for Transfer (HRAP Rule 40.1, 40.2) is dismissed. This dismissal is without prejudice to Petitioners filing, within the time provided by the June 17, 2013 clerk s extension, an application for a writ of certiorari, which may include the points presented in the dismissed application. DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, July 12, 2013. Stephen M. Shaw, for petitioners /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Keith K. Hiraoka, Shannon L. Wack, Jodie D. Roeca, for respondents AOAO Queen Emma Gardens and Touchstone Properties, Ltd. /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack 2

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