Hawaii Supreme Court, 2026

Rosa v. Kaua'i Police Department

Rosa v. Kaua'i Police Department
Hawaii Supreme Court · Decided March 2, 2026
Rosa v. Kaua'i Police Department

Opinion

Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX 02-MAR-2026 08:29 AM Dkt. 18 ODSMR SCWC-XX-XXXXXXX IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I

AUSTIN ROSA, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant, vs. KAUAʻI POLICE DEPARTMENT; OFFICE OF THE PROSECUTING ATTORNEY; and COUNTY OF KAUAʻI, STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-XX-XXXXXXX; CASE NO. 5CCV-XX-XXXXXXX) ORDER (By: McKenna, Acting C.J., Eddins, Ginoza, and Devens, JJ., and Circuit Judge Morikone, assigned by reason of vacancy)

Upon consideration of Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellant Austin Rosa’s Petition for Rehearing, filed on February 25, 2026, which this court construes as a motion for reconsideration of the February 4, 2026, Order Rejecting Application for Writ of Certiorari, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is dismissed.

See Hawai‘i Rules of Appellate Procedure Rule 40.1(h) (“Neither acceptance nor rejection of an application for a writ of certiorari shall be subject to a motion for reconsideration in the supreme court. The rejection of an application for certiorari shall be final.”).

DATED: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi, March 2, 2026.

/s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Todd W. Eddins /s/ Lisa M. Ginoza /s/ Vladimir P. Devens /s/ Kevin T. Morikone

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