Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 03-JUN-2021 11:22 AM SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX Dkt. 9 ODSAC IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI ________________________________________________________________ STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. YIHONG ZHANG, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee. ________________________________________________________________ CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 1DTA-18-03258) ORDER DISMISSING CERTIORARI PROCEEDINGS (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Wilson, JJ., and Circuit Judge Viola, in place of Pollack, J., recused.1) Upon further consideration of the records and files in this case, it appearing that the writ of certiorari herein was improvidently granted, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that this certiorari proceeding is dismissed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, June 3, 2021. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Matthew J. Viola

1 Associate Justice Richard W. Pollack, who was a member of the court when the application for writ of certiorari was accepted, retired from the bench on June 30, 2020.