Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals, 2010

State, Office of Consumer Protection v. Edge Towing and Recovery, LLC

State, Office of Consumer Protection v. Edge Towing and Recovery, LLC
Hawaii Intermediate Court of Appeals · Decided August 17, 2010

State, Office of Consumer Protection v. Edge Towing and Recovery, LLC

Opinion

LAW L!BHAHY NOT FOR PUBLICATION ]N WEST'S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER NO. 30287 IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF HAWAfI

g__ EK w ion, 59 Plaintiff-Appellee, v. EDGE TOWING AND RECOVERY, LLC§z~a~Hai£’i corporation, Defendant-Appellant "§L_-; STATE OF HAWAFI, by its Office of Consumer Prote§j APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT (CIVIL NO. 09-1-20lO) ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF-APPELLEE STATE OF HAWAfl'S MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL (By: Nakamura, C.J., Foley and Fujise, JJ.)

Upon consideration of "Plaintiff-Appellee State of Hawaii's Motion to Dismiss the Appeal" of Defendant-Appellant Edge Towing and Recovery, LLC, a Hawaii Corporation, (Appellant), the papers in support, and the records and files herein, it appears that: (l) on January l2, 20l0, Abraham Fu, a non- attorney who is not a party in this case, filed a notice of appeal on behalf of Appellant; (2) the State now moves to dismiss this appeal because Abraham Fu, who is listed as an agent for Appellant, filed the notice of appeal; (3) in Oahu Plumbing & Sheet Metal Ltd. v. Kona Constr., 60 Haw. 372, 590 P.2d 570 (1979), the supreme court held, except in limited circumstances not applicable in this case, that a corporation may be represented only by an attorney and that non-attorney agents are not allowed to represent corporations in litigation before the courts of the State. Oahu Plumbing, 60 Haw. at 376-77, 590 P.2d at 573; (4) on July 30, 20l0, the appellate clerk informed Appellant that: (a) the time to file the statement of jurisdiction and the opening brief eXpired; (b) the matter would be called to the attention of the court for such action as the court deems proper; and (c) the appeal may be dismissed pursuant to Hawafi Rules of Appellate Procedure (HRAP) Rule 30; (5) Appellant did not respond to the motion to dismiss appeal or the NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI‘I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER default letter; (6) Appellant did not file the statement of jurisdiction or the opening brief; and (7) based upon the facts of this case, dismissal is appropriate. Therefore, :T is HERsBY 0RDERED that the motion to dismiss is granted, and this appeal is dismissed DATED: Honolulu, Hawafi, August 17, 20lO.

On the motion: Jeffrey E. Brunton, §§ '}{7:;zz;é;z>7Llb*`_~ for Plaintiff-Appellee.

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