                                                         Electronically Filed
                                                         Supreme Court
                                                         SCWC-15-0000387
                                                         18-FEB-2016
                          SCWC-15-0000387
                                                         10:34 AM
          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
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         STATE OF HAWAII, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,

                                 vs.

         JOSEPH TUI, Jr., Respondent/Defendant-Appellee,
   DIRECTOR OF HEALTH, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, STATE OF HAWAII,
           Petitioner/Real Party-in-Interest-Appellant.
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         CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
       (CAAP-15-0000387; CR. NOS. 13-1-0371 AND 13-1-0556)

       ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
   (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, and Pollack, JJ., and
         Circuit Judge Ayabe in place of Wilson, J., recused)

     Petitioner/Real Party-in-Interest-Appellant Director of
Health, Department of Health, State of Hawaii’s application for
writ of certiorari filed on January 7, 2016, is hereby accepted.
     IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, that no oral argument will be heard
in this case.   Any party may, within ten days and pursuant to
Rule 34(c) of the Hawaii Rules of Appellate Procedure, move for
retention of oral argument.
          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaii, February 18, 2016.

Debbie L. Tanakaya              /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald
for petitioner
                                /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                /s/ Richard W. Pollack

                                /s/ Bert I. Ayabe
