NO. 26977



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I



BRENDAN BALTHAZAR and MICHAEL R. SAVONA, M.D.,
Plaintiffs-Appellants


vs.


VERIZON HAWAII, INC., Defendant-Appellee


and


HAWAIIAN TELEPHONE COMPANY, GTE HAWAIIAN TELEPHONE
COMPANY, INC., JOHN DOES 1-5, JOHN DOE CORPORATIONS 1-5,
JOHN DOE PARTNERSHIPS 1-5, ROE NON-PROFIT CORPORATIONS 1-5,
and ROE GOVERNMENTAL AGENCIES 1-5, Defendants




APPEAL FROM THE SECOND CIRCUIT COURT
(CIV. NO. 03-1-0139)




ORDER
(By: Acoba, J., for the court (1))

Upon consideration of Plaintiffs-Appellants' motion for retention of oral argument and the record,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, November 25, 2005.


James Krueger and Louis
Shields; and Joseph W.
Cotchett, Nancy L. Fineman,
& Nanci E. Nishimura
(Cotchett, Pitre, Simon &
McCarthy), on the motion
for plaintiffs-appellants.



1.      Considered by Moon, C.J., Levinson, Acoba, and Duffy, JJ., and Circuit Judge Blondin, in place of Nakayama, J., recused.