NO. 24728

IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I

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ASSOCIATION OF APARTMENT OWNERS OF PAPAKEA,
an unincorporated condominium association,
by its Board of Directors, Plaintiff-Appellee,

vs.

MURRAY ABEL MATTAL, aka MURRAY MATTAL,
Defendant-Appellant.

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APPEAL FROM THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT
(CIV. NO.  01-0550)


ORDER
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama,
Ramil, and Acoba, JJ.)

Upon consideration of: (1) Plaintiff-Appellee Association of Apartment Owners of Papakea's motion for dismissal of the appeal filed by Defendant-Appellant Murray Abel Mattal for want of appellate jurisdiction; (2) the responsive memorandum filed by Defendant-Appellant Murray Abel Mattal, in which Appellant Mattal states that his appeal is moot and he requests that the appeal be dismissed as moot; and (3) the records and files herein,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, March 7, 2002.