                                                    Electronically Filed
                                                    Supreme Court
                         SCWC-15-0000865            SCWC-15-0000865
                                                    31-OCT-2017
          IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII
                                                    09:21 AM
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        STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant,
                               vs.
       MATTHEW SEAN SASAI, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee,
           (CAAP-15-0000865; CASE NO. 1DCW-14-0004628

                                 AND

STATE OF HAWAIʻI, Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellant/Cross-Appellee,
                               vs.
 BRENT N. TANAKA, Petitioner/Defendant-Appellee/Cross-Appellant.
          (CAAP-15-0000866; CASE NO. 1DCW-14-0005843).
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         CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
                        (CAAP-15-0000865)

       ORDER ACCEPTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
 (By: Recktenwald, C.J., Nakayama, McKenna, Pollack, and Wilson, JJ.)

          Petitioners Matthew Sean Sasai and Brent N. Tanaka’s
application for writ of certiorari filed on September 27, 2017,
is hereby accepted and will be scheduled for oral argument.       The
parties will be notified by the appellate clerk regarding
scheduling.
          DATED:   Honolulu, Hawaii, October 31, 2017.

                                /s/ Mark E. Recktenwald

                                /s/ Paula A. Nakayama

                                /s/ Sabrina S. McKenna

                                /s/ Richard W. Pollack

                                /s/ Michael D. Wilson
