NO. 25965


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I



NICHOLAS R. PAO, JR.,
Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner,


vs.


MARK CHUNG, M.D. and Straub Clinic and Hospital,
Defendants-Appellees-Respondents.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(CIVIL NO. 98-5209)




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 February 10, 2006, by the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner Nicholas R. Pao, Jr., the same is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, February 21, 2006.


Nicholas R. Pao, Jr.,
pro se on the writ




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