NO. 21767



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAII





CONEN MASAKI NAKAMURA,

Petitioner-Appellant,

vs.

ELISE SONOE NAKAMURA,

Respondent-Appellee,

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FC-D NO. 93-042

ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI



Petitioner-Appellant's application for writ of certiorari filed on June 5, 2000, is hereby granted.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, June 15, 2000.



Brian J. De Lima of

Crudele, De Lima &

Shiroma for petitioner-

appellant on the writ

Paula Nakyama

Associate Justice