Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 18-NOV-2025 01:50 PM Dkt. 16 OGAC SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI

STEVE F. LOYOLA and TY AARON MEDEIROS, Petitioners/Appellants-Appellants, vs. COUNTY OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Appellee-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 16-1-0414) ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Malinao, assigned by reason of vacancy) Petitioners/Appellants-Appellants Steve F. Loyola and Ty Aaron Medeiros’s Application for Writ of Certiorari, filed on September 25, 2025, is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument. The parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding scheduling.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the parties shall submit supplemental briefing on the legal standard governing adverse employment actions in the context of free speech retaliation under article I, section 4 of the Hawaiʻi Constitution.

Within twenty days from the date of this order, each party shall file a supplemental brief, not exceeding twenty pages in length, exclusive of title page(s), indices, appendices, and certificate of service. No responses shall be filed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, November 18, 2025.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza /s/ Vladimir P. Devens /s/ Clarissa Y. Malinao