Opinion
CAAP-22-0000438
11-03-2022
TRUMAN LEE KETCHMARK, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BROWN-WILLIAMSON TOBACCO CORP.; ALL OTHER TOBACCO COMPANIES RESPONSIBLE, ET AL.[sic]; WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION; JIM SIVITS; MAKALA SIVITS; GOV. JAY INSLEE; LT. GOV. DENNY HECK; THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ET AL. [sic]; MAKAHA SURFSIDE COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION (MSSCA) BOARD; HAWAII PROPERTY MANAGEMENT (HPM), ET AL. [sic]; and ALL OTHERS HURTING THE PLAINTIFF, NOT HELPING THE PLAINTIFF - BERNARD NEWBY; RICHARD PINKERTON; DALE WHITESIDES; DANICA DODD; JUDGE FONG; GARY GALIHER; T.C. KINART "TED"; LEONARD HELTZEL-"LONNIE"; DANIEL INOUYE AND HIS EMPLOYEES; DANIEL AKAKA AND ALL HIM [sic] EMPLOYEES; PATSY MINK AND ALL HER EMPLOYEES; NEIL ABERCROMBIE AND HIM [sic] EMPLOYEES; ANTHONY GUERRO AND HIS PARTNER; ATHERTON FOUNDATION; SAMUEL COOK FOUNDATION; WEYERHAUSER FOUNDATION; GOODYEAR FOUNDATION; BILL AND MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION; ALAN KAY; DAVID EZRA; and COLETTE MACHADO, Defendants-Appellees
NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI'I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER
APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT (CIVIL NO. 1CC181000180)
Leonard, Presiding Judge, Nakasone and Chan, JJ.
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF APPELLATE JURISDICTION
Upon review of the record, it appears that we lack jurisdiction over the appeal by self-represented Plaintiff-Appellant Truman Lee Ketchmark's appeal from the Circuit Court of the First Circuit's (Circuit Court) July 21, 2021 "Order of Dismissal [Rule 41(b)]" (Dismissal Order) because the Circuit Court has not reduced the Dismissal Order to an appealable final judgment. Hawaii Revised Statutes § 641-1(a) (2016); Hawai'i Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 58; Jenkins v. Cades Schutte Fleming & Wright, 76 Hawai'i 115, 119, 869 P.2d 1334, 1338 (1994); Price v. Obayashi Hawaii Corp., 81 Hawai'i 171, 176, 914 P.2d 1364, 1369 (1996) (applying the separate document rule to an order dismissing a complaint for want of prosecution).
Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that case number CAAP-22-0000438 is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.