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Electronically Filed Supreme Court SCWC-16-0000800 27-APR-2017 08:58 AM

SCWC-16-0000800

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI'I

STATE OF HAWAI'I, By Its Office of Consumer Protection, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee, vs. DEBORAH ANN HOKULANI JOSHUA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellant, and RONALD R. RABANG and MATTHEW G. AIELLO, Respondents/Defendants-Appellees.

CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS (CAAP-16-0000800; CIVIL NO. 08-1-1-0240)

ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI (By: McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ., and Nakayama, J., dissenting, with whom Recktenwald, C.J., joins) The application for writ of certiorari, filed on March 14, 2017, is hereby accepted. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that no oral argument will be held, subject to further order of this court. Any party may, within ten days and pursuant to Rule 34(c) of the Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure, move for retention of oral argument.

*2 IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that the clerk of the appellate court shall provide petitioner with information about the Hawai'i Appellate Pro Bono Program for possible representation solely as to this certiorari proceeding.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai'i, April 27, 2017. /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna /s/ Richard W. Pollack /s/ Michael D. Wilson