Opinion
CAAP-22-0000693
01-11-2023
STATE OF HAWAI'I, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SHANNON KAINOA RYSER KEALA, Defendant-Appellant
NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI'I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT KONA DIVISION (CASE NO. 3DTC-22-061452)
(By: Ginoza, Chief Judge, Wadsworth and Chan, JJ.)
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Lisa M. Ginoza Chief Judge
Upon review of the record, it appears that Defendant-Appellant Shannon Ryser, a.k.a., Shannon Kainoa Ryser Keala (Ryser) appeals from the District Court of the Third Circuit's (district court) October 20, 2022 Judgment and Notice of Entry of Judgment, which dismissed one of three charges in this case, October 20, 2022 Order and Notice of Entry of Order, which ordered Ryser to return to court for a pre-trial conference, or from the purported "final judgment" of the district court's "claim of personal jurisdiction" over Ryser. We conclude that the court lacks appellate jurisdiction because the district court has not entered a final decision or a final judgment. Hawaii Revised Statutes § 641-12 (2016); State v. Nicol, 140 Hawai'i 482, 490, 403 P.3d 259, 267(2017).
Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.