NOT FOR PUBLICATION IN WEST'S HAWAI`I REPORTS AND PACIFIC REPORTER


NOS. 27659 AND 27833







IN THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS

OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




NO. 27659

143 NENUE HOLDINGS, LLC, a Hawai`i limited liability company,
           Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SUZANNE BONDS, aka Suzanne Duong
           Bonds, Defendant-Appellant

SUZANNE BONDS, Counterclaimant-Appellant v. 143 NENUE
              HOLDINGS, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company,
              Counterclaim Defendant/Crossclaimant-Appellee, and
              AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation,
              Additional Counterclaim Defendant/Crossclaim Defendant-
              Appellee and RONALD G.S. AU; RYAN G.S. AU; and NATALIE
              AU, Additional Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees, and
              FREDDIE FRANCO; ALALA MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Hawaii limited
              liability company; and DOE 1 THROUGH 20, Additional Counterclaim Defendants


AND


NO. 27833

143 NENUE HOLDINGS, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company,
           Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SUZANNE BONDS, aka Suzanne Duong
           Bonds, Defendant-Appellant

SUZANNE BONDS, Counterclaimant-Appellant v. 143 NENUE
              HOLDINGS, LLC, a Hawaii limited liability company,
              Counterclaim Defendant/Crossclaimant-Appellee, and
              AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation,
              Additional Counterclaim Defendant/Crossclaim Defendant-
              Appellee and RONALD G.S. AU; RYAN G.S. AU; and NATALIE
              AU, Additional Counterclaim Defendants-Appellees, and
              FREDDIE FRANCO; ALALA MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Hawaii limited
              liability company; and DOE 1 THROUGH 20, Additional
              Counterclaim Defendants





APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE FIRST CIRCUIT
(Civ. No. 05-1-0377)





SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER
(By: Watanabe, Presiding Judge, Lim and Fujise, JJ.)

Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant Suzanne Bonds (Bonds) appeals, in 27659, from the November 10, 2005 final
judgment entered by the Circuit Court of the First Circuit (circuit court) (1) in favor of Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant/Crossclaimant-Appellee 143 Nenue Holdings, LLC (Nenue) and Additional Counterclaim Defendant/Crossclaim Defendant-Appellee Ameriquest Mortgage Company (Ameriquest) and in 27833, from the February 21, 2006 and March 16, 2006 orders expunging Bonds's Notice of Pendency of Action. (2) After a careful review of the issues raised, arguments advanced, the law relied upon and the respective records, we resolve Bonds's points on appeal as follows.

In 27659, Bonds has failed to show error in the circuit court's grant of summary judgment and consequent entry of judgment in Nenue and Ameriquest's favor. In light of Aames Funding Corp. v. Mores, 107 Hawai`i 95, 110 P.3d 1042 (2005) and Hawaii Revised Statutes § 501-118 (Supp. 2005), Nenue was entitled to judgment as a matter of law as Bonds failed to successfully impeach the foreclosure action before a certificate of title had been issued in Nenue's favor.

Therefore,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Circuit Court of the First Circuit's November 10, 2005 final judgment in Appeal No. 27659 is affirmed.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, January 19, 2007.


On the briefs:


Gary V. Dubin
for Defendant-Counterclaimant-Appellant.

Wayne Nasser,
Kirk W. Caldwell, and
Michael R. Vieira,
(Asford & Wriston)
for Plaintiff-Counterclaim
Defendant/Crossclaimant-
Appellee

Jade Lynne Ching,
Laura P. Couch,
(Alston Hunt Floyd & Ing),
for Additional Counterclaim
Defendant/Crossclaim
Defendant-Appellee





1.    The Honorable Karen S.S. Ahn presided.

2.     Appeal No. 27833 was dismissed as moot by order entered on January 18, 2007.