NO. 25974


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I



U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR SALOMON
BROTHERS MORTGAGE SECURITIES VII, INC., ASSET-BACKED
FLOATING RATE CERTIFICATES SERIES 1998-NC6,
Respondent/Plaintiff-Appellee,


vs.


JOYCE RIOPTA RAGASA and BONIFACIO G. TUMANENG,
Petitioners/Defendants-Appellants,


and


JAMES LOPES, JUDY LOPES, and JOHN and MARY DOES 1-10,
Defendants.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CIV. NO. 03-1-0007)





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

Petitioners/defendants-appellants' application for writ of certiorari filed on August 8, 2005 is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, August 18, 2005.



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




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