NO. 28841




IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF HAWAI‘I





HOWARD HOFELICH DBA H ISABELLE MCGARRY TRUST OF
MARCH 19, 1971 AND SOUTH PACIFIC DIVERS, INC.,
A HAWAII CORPORATION,
Petitioner-Plaintiff-Appellant,


vs.

STATE OF HAWAI‘I, STATE OF CALIFORNIA, DENNIS KRUEGER,
DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY HAWAII COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT,
HAWAII COUNTY POLICE DEPARTMENT, JUDGE RONALD IBARRA, STEVE
WHITTAKER, DAVID LACY, DAVID KAAPU, JOHN DOES 1-5, JANE DOES 1-2,
CORPORATION ENTITIES 1-10, TRUST ENTITIES 1-2, GOVERNMENT
ENTITIES 1-2,
Respondents-Defendants-Appellees,





APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE THIRD CIRCUIT
(CIV. NO. 07-1-0133K (KONA))




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

Petitioner-plaintiff-appellant Howard Hofelich's application for writ of certiorari, filed on April 17, 2008, is hereby rejected.

DATED: Honolulu, Hawai‘i,  May 7, 2008.



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