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NO.
26307
IN THE
SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I
LEE
ANN MIRANDA, Plaintiff-Appellant
vs.
HYATT
CORPORATION, dba HYATT REGENCY WAIKIKI & SPA; LAURIE
NAKAMOTO, in her capacity as Front
Officer Supervisor, Hyatt
Regency Waikiki; ALAN HIKIDA, in his capacity as Human Resources
Manager, Hyatt Regency
Waikiki; SASI FAILDO, in her capacity as
Assistant Human Resources Manager, Hyatt Regency Waikiki,
Defendants-Appellees
APPEAL FROM
THE FIRST CIRCUIT COURT
(CIV. NO.
03-1-0603)
ORDER
DISMISSING APPEAL
(By: Moon, C.J., Levinson, Nakayama, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ.)
Upon review of the
record, it appears that we do not have jurisdiction over
Plaintiff-Appellant Lee Ann Miranda's appeal
from the Honorable Richard W. Pollack's December 15, 2003 "Order
Granting Defendants' Motion for Summary
Judgment" in Civil No. 03-1-0603 (RWP). Pursuant to the separate
document rule under Rule 58 of the Hawai`i Rules of
Civil Procedure (HRCP), "[a]n appeal may be taken from circuit court
orders resolving claims against parties only after the
orders have been reduced to a judgment and the judgment has been
entered in favor of and against the appropriate parties
pursuant to HRCP [Rule] 58[.]" Jenkins v. Cades Schutte Fleming
& Wright, 76 Hawai`i 115, 119, 869 P.2d 1334, 1338
(1994). The circuit court has not reduced the appealed December 15,
2003 order to a separate judgment pursuant to
HRCP Rule 58. Therefore, this appeal is premature, and we
lack appellate jurisdiction. Accordingly,
IT IS HEREBY
ORDERED that this appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate
jurisdiction.
DATED: Honolulu,
Hawai`i, April 13, 2004.