NO. 27553



IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI`I




TARA THOMAS, Plaintiff-Appellant-Petitioner


vs.


MONICA TAKABAYASHI, Defendant-Appellee-Respondent



CERTIORARI TO THE INTERMEDIATE COURT OF APPEALS
(Civ. No. 03-1-0200)



ORDER REJECTING APPLICATION FOR WRIT OF CERTIORARI
(By: Levinson, J., for the court (1))

Upon consideration of the application for a writ of certiorari filed on January 16, 2007 by the plaintiff-appellant-petitioner Tara Thomas, the application is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai`i, February 6, 2007



Steven D. Strauss,
attorney for plaintiff-
appellant-petitioner,
Tara Thomas, on the
application




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


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