Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-11-0000512 21-MAR-2013 11:58 AM

SCWC-11-0000512 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI#I

PATRICK LOPEZ, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs.

STATE OF HAWAI#I, Respondent/Defendant-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-11-0000512; CIVIL NO. 09-1-1613) ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, Acoba, and Pollack, JJ., and Circuit Judge Lee, in place of McKenna, J., recused) Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant Patrick Lopez’s application for writ of certiorari filed on February 8, 2013, is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai#i, March 21, 2013.

Eric A. Seitz for /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald petitioner /s/ Paula A. Nakayama Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry for respondent /s/ Simeon R. Acoba, Jr. /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Randal K.O. Lee