Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-15-0000431 01-DEC-2015 12:06 PM SCWC-15-0000431

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

AMBROSE S. FERNANDEZ, JR., Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant,

vs.

STATE OF HAWAI'I; DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY - SHERIFF DIVISION; DEPUTY SHERIFF MAURICE RICE, in his official capacity as deputy sheriff; DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL MATTHEW DVONCH, in his official capacity as deputy attorney general, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-15-0000431; CIV. NO. 14-1-0097-01)

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

The application for writ of certiorari, filed on October 20, 2015, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, December 1, 2015 Ambrose S. Fernandez, Jr. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald petitioner pro se /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson