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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-15-0000439 01-MAR-2017 12:58 PM

SCWC-15-0000439

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAI'I, Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs.

LAWRENCE L. BRUCE, Respondent/Defendant-Appellant, and

JUSTIN MCKINLEY, Respondent/Defendant-Appellee.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-15-0000439; CR. NO. 14-1-0987)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.) Petitioner/Plaintiff-Appellee's Application for Writ of Certiorari filed on January 17, 2017, is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, March 1, 2017. /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald /s/ Paula A. Nakayama /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack

/ s/ Michael D. Wilson