Electronically Filed
Supreme Court
SCOT-16-0000788
02-DEC-2016
03:30 PM
SCOT-16-0000788
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I
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MAUNA KEA ANAINA HOU and KEALOHA PISCIOTTA; CLARENCE KUKAUAKAHI
CHING; FLORES-CASE 'OHANA; DEBORAH J. WARD; PAUL K. NEVES;
and KAHEA: THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE, a domestic non
profit corporation, Petitioners-Appellants,
vs.
BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAII;
DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, STATE OF HAWAII;
SUZANNE CASE, in her official capacity as Chair
of the Board of Land and Natural Resources and
Director of the Department of Land and Natural Resources;
and UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII AT HILO, Respondents-Appellees,
and
TMT INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATORY, LLC; HARRY FERGERSTROM;
MEHANA KIHOI; C.M. KAHO'OKAHI KANUHA; JOSEPH KUALI'I LINDSEY
CAMARA; J. LEINA'ALA SLEIGHTHOLM; MAELANI LEE; THE TEMPLE OF
LONO; KALIKOLEHUA KANAELE; PERPETUATING UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES, INC.; STEPHANIE-MALIA TABBADA; TIFFNIE KAKALIA;
GLEN KILA; DWIGHT J. VICENTE; BRANNON KAMAHANA KEALOHA;
CINDY FREITAS, AND WILLIAM FREITAS, Intervenors-Appellees.
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APPEAL FROM THE BOARD OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES
(BLNR-CC-16-002 (Agency Appeal))
ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF APPELLATE JURISDICTION
(By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and
Circuit Judge Nishimura, in place of Nakayama, J., recused)
Upon consideration of (1) respondent-appellee Board of
Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai'i’s motion to dismiss
appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction, filed on November 10,
2016, (2) respondent-appellee University of Hawai'i at Hilo’s
motion to dismiss appeal of lack of appellate jurisdiction, filed
on November 14, 2016, (3) intervenor-appellee TMT International
Observatory, LLC’s joinder to respondent-appellee University of
Hawai'i at Hilo’s motion to dismiss appeal of lack of appellate
jurisdiction, filed on November 14, 2016, (4) petitioners-
appellants Mauna Kea Anaina Hou and Kealoha Prisciotta, Clarence
Kukauakahi Ching, Flores-Case Ohana, Deborah J. Ward, Paul K.
Neves, and Kahea: The Hawaiian Environmental Alliance’s
(collectively, “Appellants”) opposition to the motions to dismiss
and joinder, filed on November 18, 2016, (5) the respective
supporting documents, and (6) the record herein, it appears that
this court lacks jurisdiction over Appellants’ appeal.
Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed for
lack of appellate jurisdiction.1
DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 2, 2016.
/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna
/s/ Richard W. Pollack
/s/ Michael D. Wilson
/s/ Rhonda A. Nishimura
1
As this court does not have jurisdiction over the appeal, all other
requests for relief are dismissed.
2