Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-28774 01-MAY-2012 08:55 AM SCWC-28774

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

JOHN MUSSACK, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant,

vs.

STATE OF HAWAI#I, PATRICIA HAMAMOTO, LEA ALBERT, MICHAEL HARANO, and LANELLE HIBBS, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 28774; CIV. NO. 04-1-0455)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, and Acoba, JJ., Circuit Judge Sakamoto, in place of Duffy, J., recused, and Circuit Judge Wilson, in place of McKenna, J., recused)

Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant John Mussack’s

application for writ of certiorari filed on March 23, 2012, is

hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, May 1, 2012.

John Mussack, petitioner/ /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald plaintiff-appellant, pro se, on the application and reply /s/ Paula A. Nakayama David M. Louie, Attorney General, James E. Halvorson /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. and Nelson Y. Nabeta, Deputy Attorneys General, /s/ Karl K. Sakamoto for respondent/defendant- appellee on the response /s/ Michael D. Wilson