FRANK KAMEHAMEHA TAMEHALOHA ANUUMEALANI NOBRIGA LANNY ALAN SINKIN v. MAUNA KEA ANAINA HOU KEALOHA PISCIOTTA CLARENCE KUKAUAKAHI CHING FLORES CASE OHANA DEBORAH WARD PAUL NEVES KAHEA THE HAWAIIAN ENVIRONMENTAL ALLIANCE TMT INTERNATIONAL OBSERVATORY LLC HARRY FERGERSTROM MEHANA KIHOI KAHO OKAHI KANUHA JOSEPH KUALI LINDSEY CAMARA LEINA ALA SLEIGHTHOLM MAELANI LEE THE TEMPLE OF LONO KALIKOLEHUA KANAELE PERPETUATING UNIQUE EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITIES INC STEPHANIE MALIA TABBADA TIFFNIE KAKALIA GLEN KILA DWIGHT VICENTE BRANNON KAMAHANA KEALOHA CINDY FREITAS AND WILLIAM FREITAS (2016)

ORDER DISMISSING APPEAL FOR LACK OF APPELLATE JURISDICTION

Upon consideration of (1) respondent-appellee Board of Land and Natural Resources, State of Hawai‘i's (“BLNR”) motion to dismiss appeal for lack of appellate jurisdiction, filed on November 16, 2016, (2) respondent-appellee University of Hawai‘i at Hilo's (“UH Hilo”) motion to dismiss appeal of lack of appellate jurisdiction, filed on November 21, 2016, (3) petitioners-appellants Frank Kamehameha Temehaloha Anuumealani Nobriga and Lanny Alan Sinkin's opposition to the BLNR's motion to dismiss, filed on November 23, 2016, (4) petitioners-appellants Frank Kamehameha Temehaloha Anuumealani Nobriga and Lanny Alan Sinkin's opposition to UH Hilo's motion to dismiss, filed on November 29, 2016, (5) intervenor-appellee TMT International Observatory, LLC's joinder to UH Hilo's motion to dismiss, (6) the respective supporting documents, and (7) the record herein, it appears that this court lacks jurisdiction over the appeal. Accordingly,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the appeal is dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction. As this court does not have jurisdiction over the appeal, all other requests for relief are dismissed.¹

Mark E. Recktenwald

Sabrina S. McKenna

Richard W. Pollack

Michael D. Wilson

Rhonda A. Nishimura

FOOTNOTES

1.   This court also notes that an unlicensed individual may not defend the interests of other entities or persons. See HRS § 605-2 (“No person shall be allowed to practice in any court of the State unless that person has been duly licensed so to do by the supreme court[.]”); HRS § 605-14 (“It shall be unlawful for any person ․ to engage in or attempt to engage in or to offer to engage in the practice of law, or to do or attempt to do or offer to do any act constituting the practice of law, except and to the extent that the person ․ is licensed or authorized to do so [.]”); Oahu Plumbing & Sheet Metal,Ltd. v. Kona Constr., Inc., 60 Haw. 372, 374-77, 590 P.2d 570, 572-74 (1979) (only licensed attorneys may represent corporations and other individuals).