Hawaii Revised Statutes (HRS) § 603-21.5. A complaint for ejectment is a civil action or proceeding within the meaning of HRS § 603-21.5. Persons claiming to be citizens of the Kingdom of Hawai'i are subject to the laws of the State of Hawai'i, including the statutes providing for the jurisdiction of the circuit courts. See generally State v. Fergerstrom, 106 Hawai'i 43, 55, 101 P.3d 652, 664 (App. 2004); State v. Lorenzo, 77 Hawai'i 219, 220, 883 P.2d 641, 642 (App. 1994); State v. Jim, 80 Hawai'i 168, 172, 907 P.2d 754, 758 (1995). The Circuit Court's May 17, 2010 Order Denying Ex Parte Motion for Temporary Restraining Order is affirmed.

Id. at 142, 976 P.2d 456. As a resident of the State of Hawai`i, July was properly subject to the jurisdiction of the circuit court and subject to the jurisdiction of this court. State v. French, 77 Haw. 222, 228, 883 P.2d 644, 650 (App. 1994) (defendant subject to jurisdiction of the circuit court even if citizen of Kingdom of Hawai`i) (citing State v. Lorenzo, 77 Haw. 219, 883 P.2d 641 (App. 1994) (defendant failed to meet burden proving that the Kingdom of Hawai`i continued to exist and that State of Hawai`i did not have jurisdiction over him)). Constitutionality of Article XVI, Section 12 of the Hawai`i State Constitution

1. We reject the first concept — that Defendants, as "birth descendants of Native Hawaiians," are not subject to the government and courts of the State of Haw. — in light of our recent decision in State v. Lorenzo, 77 Haw. 219, 883 P.2d 641 (App. 1994). See also State v. French, 77 Haw. 222, 883 P.2d 644 (App. 1994).