Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-29483 17-DEC-2013 10:27 AM SCWC-29483

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII ________________________________________________________________

GALE SCUDDER, Petitioner/Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant,

vs.

FRANK PIERCE, III; NANCY STEINECKE;

and E KOMO MAI SPORT HORSES, LLC,

Respondents/Defendants/Counterclaimants-Appellees,

and

DAVID W. LACY; LACY and JACKSON, LLLC, et al., Defendants

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CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (ICA NO. 29483; CIV. NO. 06-1-0187)

ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, McKenna and Pollack, JJ.)

Petitioner/Plaintiff/Counterclaim Defendant-Appellant Gale Scudder’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on November 9, 2013, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, December 17, 2013.

William J. Rosdil and /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald Peter Van Name Esser for petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

Robert D. S. Kim /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. for respondents /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack