Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 15-FEB-2023 10:32 AM Dkt. 19 ODAC SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. LAMA LAUVAO, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant, and WESLEY SAMOA; NATISHA TAUTALATASI, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees. (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX) ________________________________________________________________ STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. NATISHA TAUTALATASI, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant, and WESLEY SAMOA; LAMA LAUVAO, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees. (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX) ________________________________________________________________ STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. WESLEY SAMOA, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant, and LAMA LAUVAO; NATISHA TAUTALATASI, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees. (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX) CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX, CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX and CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; Case No. 3CPC-18-000724) ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: McKenna, Wilson, and Eddins, JJ., and Nakayama, J., dissenting, with whom Recktenwald, C.J., joins) Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, State of Hawaiʻi’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on January 5, 2023, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, February 15, 2023.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Michael D. Wilson /s/ Todd. W. Eddins