Electronically Filed

Supreme Court

SCWC-29483

23-JAN-2014

10:37 AM

SCWC-29483

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I _________________________________________________________________

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

vs.

FRANK PIERCE, III; NANCY STEINECKE;

and E KOMO MAI SPORT HORSES, LLC,

Petitioners/Defendants/Counterclaimants-Appellees,

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

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, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ., and Circuit Judge Nishimura, in place of Acoba, J., recused)

Petitioners/Defendants/Counterclaimants-Appellees Frank Pierce, III; Nancy Steinecke; and E Komo Mai Sport Horses, LLC’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on December 30, 2013, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, January 23, 2014. Robert D. S. Kim /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioners

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama William J. Rosdil and Peter Van Name Esser /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna for respondents

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Rhonda A. Nishimura