NO. 26509


IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




RAMONA M.U. SMITH,
Claimant-Appellant/Petitioner,


vs.


STRAUB CLINIC & HOSPITAL, INC., Employer-Appellee/Respondent
and HAWAII INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION,
Insurance Carrier-Appellee/Respondent.



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(Case. No. AB 2000-278)





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 April 17, 2006, by the claimant-appellant/petitioner Ramona Smith, the application is hereby denied.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, April 27, 2006.


Ramona M.U. Smith, pro se,
on the application



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