Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-11-0000781 12-MAR-2012 10:35 AM

NO. SCWC-11-0000781 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

CIVIL NO. 05-1-0232(2) BG INCORPORATED, a Hawai#i corporation, Plaintiff, vs. P.F. THREE PARTNERS, Defendant. ----------------------------------------------------------------- CIVIL NO. 04-1-0500(1) BRYAN FUNAI and CYNTHIA FUNAI, Respondents/Plaintiffs- Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees, vs. P.F. THREE PARTNERS, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant, and WILLIAM S. ELLIS JR., Petitioner/Defendant-Counterclaim Plaintiff-Cross Claim Plaintiff-Appellant, and UPLAND INVESTMENTS, LTD. and OLINDA LAND CORPORATION, Respondents/Defendants-Cross Claim Defendants-Appellants, and BARBARA A. SUMIDA, STANLEY UNTEN, TAMAE M. SHIRAISHI and DEBRA J. SHIRAISHI, Respondents/Defendants-Cross Claim Plaintiffs-Appellees, and MICHAEL A. ROCCO and LINDROC, LTD., Defendants.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. CAAP-11-0000781; CIVIL NO. 05-1-0232(2) and CIVIL NO. 04-1-0500(1)) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, Duffy, and McKenna, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Counterclaim Plaintiff-Cross Claim Plaintiff-Appellant William S. Ellis, Jr.’s application for writ of certiorari, filed on February 1, 2012, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, March 12, 2012.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ James E. Duffy, Jr. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna