Opinion
NO. CAOT-19-0000873
05-08-2020
BRIAN NOBU PURUGGANAN, Petitioner-Appellant, v. STATE OF HAWAI'I, Respondent-Appellee.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI'I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER ORDER DISMISSING CASE NUMBER CAOT-19-0000873 FOR LACK OF JURISDICTION AND DISMISSING ALL PENDING MOTIONS AS MOOT
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Upon consideration of the non-conforming petition that Petitioner Brian Nobu Purugganan (Purugganan) filed against Respondent-Appellee State of Hawai'i (the State) on December 26, 2019, in case number CAOT-19-0000873, it appears Purugganan is attempting to invoke original jurisdiction in the Intermediate Court of Appeals. Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes § 602-57 (2016), the Intermediate Court of Appeals does not have original jurisdiction to address Purugganan's December 26, 2019 petition.
Therefore, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that CAOT-19-0000873 is dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.
IT IS FURTHER HEREBY ORDERED that all pending motions in CAOT-19-0000873 are dismissed as moot.
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, May 8, 2020.
/s/ Lisa M. Ginoza
Chief Judge
/s/ Katherine G. Leonard
Associate Judge
/s/ Clyde J. Wadsworth
Associate Judge