NO. 25782



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




CHASE MORTGAGE COMPANY-WEST, Plaintiff-Appellee-Respondent,


vs.


JAMES C. BUFALINI, JR. and MARY ANN BUFALINI, also known as MARY
ANN V. BUFALINI, also known as MARYANNE V. BUFALINI,
Defendants-Appellants-Petitioners


and



CITY BANK; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA; RELIABLE COLLECTION AGENCY,
LTD.; MARINER'S VALLEY TWO MAINTENANCE ASSOCIATION;
DIRECTOR OF TAXATION OF THE STATE OF HAWAII,
Defendants-Appellees,


and


BANK OF HAWAII; JOHN DOES 1-50; JANE DOES 1-50; DOE PARTNERSHIPS
1-50; DOE CORPORATIONS 1-50; DOE ENTITIES 1-50; DOE GOVERNMENTAL
 UNITS 1-50, Defendants



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CIVIL NO. 02-1-2786)



ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Levinson, J., for the court (1))

Upon consideration of the application for a writ of certiorari filed on January 13, 2005, by the defendants-appellants-petitioners James C. Bufalini, Jr. and Mary Ann Bufalini, the same is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, January 24, 2005.


Gary Victor Dubin
for defendants-appellants-
petitioners on the writ




1.      Considered by: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.