Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-14-0000352 31-DEC-2015 11:02 AM

SCWC-14-0000352 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

WILLIAM ERIC BOYD, Petitioner/Appellant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant,

vs.

HAWAII STATE ETHICS COMMISSION, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Appellee/Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-14-0000352; CIVIL NO. 13-1-115) ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Chang, in place of Nakayama, J., recused) Petitioner/Appellant/Appellee/Cross-Appellant William Eric Boyd’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on November 16, 2015, is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, December 31, 2015.

Ted H.S. Hong /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald for petitioner /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna Kimberly Tsumoto Guidry for respondent /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Gary W.B. Chang