Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-14-0001033 14-JUN-2018 SCWC-14-0001033 03:31 PM IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII ________________________________________________________________

PELE DEFENSE FUND, a Hawai‘i nonprofit corporation, et al., Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants,

vs.

DEPARTMENT OF LAND AND NATURAL RESOURCES, DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND WILDLIFE, STATE OF HAWAI‘I, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

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CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-14-0001033; CIV. NO. 12-1-0568)

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

Petitioners/Plaintiffs-Appellants Pele Defense Fund’s application for writ of certiorari filed on April 16, 2018, is hereby rejected. DATED: Honolulu, Hawaii, June 14, 2018.

/s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

/s/ Paula A. Nakayama

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

/s/ Richard W. Pollack

/s/ Michael D. Wilson