KAMEHAMEHA v. WILSON (2025)

SUMMARY DISPOSITION ORDER

Self-represented Petitioner-Appellant Prince Ni‘i Loa Moe-Kapu Kamehameha (Kamehameha) appeals from the Denied Petition for Ex Parte Temporary Restraining Order and for Injunction Against Harassment [(Petition for TRO)] entered on June 9, 2022 (Order Denying Petition), by the Wailuku Division of the District Court of the Second Circuit (District Court).¹

Kamehameha raises a single point of error on appeal, contending that the District Court lacked jurisdiction.

Upon careful review of the record and the briefs submitted by the parties, and having given due consideration to the arguments advanced and the issues raised, we resolve Kamehameha's point of error as follows:

Kamehameha appears to argue that the State of Hawai‘i does not have jurisdiction over him or over land in Hawai‘i because the Kingdom of Hawai‘i is a sovereign state.

We conclude that the District Court had jurisdiction over Kamehameha and the Petition for TRO, which he filed. See State v. Kaulia, 128 Hawai‘i 479, 487, 291 P.3d 377, 385 (2013).

Kamehameha makes no cogent argument that the District Court erred in entering the Order Denying Petition.

Accordingly, the District Court's June 9, 2022 Order Denying Petition is affirmed.

FOOTNOTES

1.   The Honorable Christopher M. Dunn presided.