Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29322 14-FEB-2011 04:20 PM

SCWC-29322

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

MARIE WEITE, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee,

vs.

MATSUO MOMOHARA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant,

and

DOE DEFENDANTS 1-10.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CIV. NO. 05-1-1525)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATIONS FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Nakayama, J., for the court1 , and Recktenwald, C.J., dissenting)

Petitioner Matsuo Momohara’s application for writ of

certiorari filed on December 30, 2010 and Cross-Petitioner Marie

Considered by: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ., and Circuit Judge Crandall, assigned by reason of vacancy.

Weite’s application for writ of certiorari filed on January 11,

2011, are hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, February 14, 2011.

FOR THE COURT: /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Associate Justice Jonathan L. Ortiz, Wade J. Katano and Jacqueline E. Thurston of Ortiz & Katano for petitioner Matsuo Momohara on the application

Randall L.K.M. Rosenberg, Charles E. McKay and Moana A.

Yost of Rosenberg & McKay for petitioner Marie Weite on the application and response