Opinion
NO. CAAP-11-0000478
06-28-2012
LLOYD Y. ASATO, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ESTHER K. KANAKANUI, et al., Defendants-Appellees KEITH K. HIRAOKA and ROECA LURIA & HIRAOKA LLP, Real-Party-in-Interest/Appellants
NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI'I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT
(CIVIL NO. 00-1-0001 (HILO))
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL
(By: Foley, Presiding Judge, Fujise and Ginoza, JJ.)
Upon consideration of the Stipulation to Dismiss Appeal and the records and files herein, it appears that: (1) on June 17, 2011, Real Parties in Interest/Appellants Keith K. Hiraoka, Esq., and Roeca Luria Hiraoka LLP (Appellants) filed a notice of appeal from a Third Circuit Court order denying a motion to withdraw as counsel for Respondent-Appellee Louis P. Mendonca (Mendonca); (2) Appellants filed the opening brief on October 26, 2011 and the answering brief is due June 28, 2012; (3) on June 22, 2012, the Appellants and Mendonca submitted the stipulation to dismiss the appeal filed by Appellants, with the parties to bear their own costs and fees; and (4) Appellants and Mendonca, who are the only parties participating in this appeal, agree that this appeal is moot. Therefore,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed. The parties shall bear their own appellate costs and fees.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, June 28, 2012.
Presiding Judge
Associate Judge
Associate Judge