Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-11-0001093 09-OCT-2013 11:05 AM

SCWC-11-0001093

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

BG INCORPORATED, a Hawai#i corporation, BRYAN FUNAI AND CYNTHIA J. FUNAI, Respondents/Plaintiffs-Appellees,

vs.

WILLIAM S. ELLIS, JR., Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant,

and

P.F. THREE PARTNERS, a Hawai#i limited partnership, BARBARA A. SUMIDA, SUCCESSOR TRUSTEE OF THE MASARU SUMIDA TRUST; STANLEY UNTEN, TRUSTEE AND SHAREHOLDER OF BANANA GROWERS OF HAWAI#I, INC. a dissolved Hawai#i corporation; TAMAE M. SHIRAISHI AND DEBRA J. SHIRAISHI-PRATT, SUCCESSOR CO-TRUSTEES TO CHARLEY T. SHIRAISHI, TRUSTEE OF THE CHARLEY T. SHIRAISHI REVOCABLE TRUST. Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-11-0001093; CIV. NO. 05-1-0232(2)) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ.)

Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant William S. Ellis, Jr.’s

application for writ of certiorari, filed on August 28, 2013, is

hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, October 9, 2013.

William S. Ellis, Jr., /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Petitioner/Defendant- Appellant pro se /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

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