Electronically Filed Supreme Court 29619 01-NOV-2010 11:55 AM NO. 29619 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

JAMES D. RATHBUN, Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant, vs. ADMINISTRATIVE DIRECTOR OF THE COURTS, STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent/Respondent-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (JR. NO. 1DAA-08-0013; Original Case No. 08-04532) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Duffy, J., for the court1) Petitioner/Petitioner-Appellant James D. Rathbun’s application for writ of certiorari, filed on September 20, 2010, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, November 1, 2010.

FOR THE COURT: /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. Associate Justice Timothy I. MacMaster for petitioner/petitioner- appellant on the application Girard D. Lau, Deputy Attorney General, for respondent/respondent- appellee on the response Considered by: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ. and Circuit Judge Nishimura, assigned by reason of vacancy.