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