United States Ninth Circuit

In a lawsuit brought by Hawaii residents who challenged efforts by a group of Native Hawaiians to establish their own government, in accordance with measures approved by the Hawaii Legislature, the District Court's denial of a motion to intervene is affirmed and plaintiffs' interlocutory appeal dismissed as moot where: 1) given those changed circumstances, the court could not provide any effective relief sought in the preliminary injunction request; 2) plaintiffs' appeal did not fall within an exception to the mootness doctrine; and 3) to the extent that the proposed intervenors sought to stop the delegate and ratification elections, their appeal was moot.

Appellate Information

• Published 2016/08/29

Judges

• PER CURIAM

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel