Opinion
CAAP-23-0000610
01-11-2024
BRONSON JONES and CHASSIDIE JONES, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. 2 BROS. SERVICES, LLC, dba IZZY TOWS IT; KAINOA JUSTIN AH SING; and ISRAEL ALVAREZ, Defendants-Appellants
NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI'I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT (CIVIL NO. 1CCV-21-0001231)
Leonard, Presiding Judge, Nakasone and McCullen, JJ.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION
Upon review of the record, self-represented Defendants-Appellants Kainoa Justin Ah Sing and Israel Alvarez appeal from the October 4, 2023 "Order Granting Plaintiffs' Motion for ** Summary Judgment Against Defendants Kainoa Ahsing [sic] and Israel Alvarez" (October 4, 2023 Order) entered in the Circuit Court of the First Circuit in 1CCV-21-0001231. The court lacks appellate jurisdiction because the circuit court has not entered a final, appealable order or judgment, see Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 641-1 (a) (2016); Hawai'i Rules of Civil Procedure Rules 54(b), 58; Jenkins v. Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, 76 Hawai'i 115, 119, 869 P.2d 1334, 1338 (1994), and the October 4, 2023 Order is not independently appealable under the collateral-order or Forgay doctrines, nor has the circuit court granted leave for interlocutory appeal under HRS § 641-1(b). See Greer v. Baker, 137 Hawai'i 249, 253, 369 P.3d 832, 836 (2016) (setting forth the requirements for appealability under the collateral-order doctrine and the Forgay doctrine); HRS § 641-1(b) (specifying requirements for leave to file interlocutory appeal).
Forgay v. Conrad, 47 U.S. 201 (1848).
Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.
Katherine G. Leonard Presiding Judge Karen T. Nakasone Associate Judge Sonja M.P. McCullen Associate Judge